Sponsor
Andrew S. Biggs
Representative · R-AZ
The bill trims federal spending and reduces programmatic complexity by eliminating biomass RD&D authorities, but does so at the cost of slowing bioenergy innovation and commercialization and risking economic harm to farmers, rural communities, and related industries.
Taxpayers: Reduces federal spending by eliminating subsidy programs and grant authorities for biomass research, development, and demonstration (RD&D).
Federal agencies (e.g., USDA, EPA): Simplifies statutory obligations and reduces duplicative program authorities tied to biomass R&D, lowering administrative complexity.
Farmers and rural bioeconomy firms: Lose access to grants, subsidies, and technical programs that supported development of biofuels and biobased products, risking reduced revenue and jobs in rural communities.
Renewable energy sector and innovators: Slows development and commercialization of advanced biofuels and biorefineries by removing statutory R&D support and definitions that enabled programs, which could reduce future investment and technology deployment.
State and local economies: May face reduced economic activity and job losses in regions that relied on federally supported biomass projects and biorefineries.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals Title IX of the 2002 Farm Act, eliminating the Biomass Research & Development programs, related definitions, authorities, and subsidies.
Representative · R-AZ
Repeals the federal statutory authority that created and supported biomass research, development, and related programs established under Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The bill removes the statutory definitions (for example, advanced biofuel, biobased product, biorefinery), program authorities, and subsidy mechanisms tied to those biomass programs, eliminating them from the U.S. Code. The change is a complete repeal of 7 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq., not a technical amendment, and it directly ends federal authorization for the Biomass Research and Development programs and any statutory duties or definitions tied to that authority.
Official title: To repeal the Department of Agriculture bioenergy subsidy programs and other related subsidy programs.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs · Last progress January 3, 2025