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A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide incentives for the production of bioenergy crops.

5/15/2007--Introduced.

Farm-to-Fuel Investment Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to designate as bioenergy cropsheds areas that are physically located within a 50-mile radius, or some other economically-practicable distance, from an existing or planned biorefinery.

States that each designated bioenergy cropshed shall include local conservation objectives, including water quality, wildlife habitat, soil quality, and air quality.

Directs the Secretary, through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to offer to enter into contracts with producers on a farm in a bioenergy cropshed to provide bioenergy crop transition assistance to encourage the producers to produce bioenergy crops.

Latest Actions
  • 05/15/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.1403 Introduced in Senate08/31/2007