119-s144

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 144 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 144

 To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with 
 respect to the definition of biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel, 
 and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 16, 2025

 Mr. Moran (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
 Ricketts, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was 
read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
 Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with 
 respect to the definition of biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel, 
 and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Farm to Fly Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES AND FINDINGS.

    (a) 

=== Purposes ===
-The purposes of this Act are as follows:

    (1) To enable access for sustainable aviation fuels within 
 Department of Agriculture bioenergy programs to foster 
 alternative biofuels in national aviation, expanding the fuel 
 supply, promoting clean energy sources, and supporting United 
 States agriculture.

    (2) To recognize the critical role the United States 
 agricultural sector plays in the production of sustainable 
 aviation fuel and the importance of such fuel to achieving the 
 goals of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge.

    (b) 

=== Findings ===
-Congress finds the following:

    (1) Sustainable aviation fuels have the capacity to 
 increase domestic energy security, support the agricultural 
 sector, and foster the farm economy by accelerating the 
 availability of a commercially viable and sustainable aviation 
 biofuel industry in the United States.

    (2) Sustainable aviation fuels provide a critical 
 opportunity to support farmers of the United States and the 
 rest of the agricultural sector in the sector's partnership 
 with the aviation sector to support rural economic development.

    (3) Feedstocks have been identified for sustainable 
 aviation fuels due to the collective abundance and perceived 
 sustainability attributes of such feedstocks.

    (4) Sustainable aviation fuels will increase domestic 
 energy security and create new markets for farmers of the 
 United States while providing a new energy resource for the 
 aviation sector.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

 

Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (3)
        (B) --
        (A) in clause
            (iv) , by inserting ``and sustainable 
 aviation fuel'' after ``diesel-equivalent fuel'';
        (B) by redesignating clauses
            (v) through
            (vii) as 
 clauses
            (vi) through
            (viii) , respectively; and
            (C) by inserting after clause
            (iv) the following:
 ``
            (v) biofuel, including sustainable 
 aviation fuel, produced from an intermediate 
 ingredient or feedstock;''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (18) Sustainable aviation fuel.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The term `sustainable aviation 
 fuel' means liquid fuel, the portion of which is not 
 kerosene, which--
 ``
            (i) meets the requirements of--
 ``
            (I) ASTM International Standard 
 D7566; or
 ``
            (II) the Fischer Tropsch 
 provisions of ASTM International 
 Standard D1655, Annex A1;
 ``
            (ii) is not derived from coprocessing an 
 applicable material (or materials derived from 
 an applicable material) with a feedstock which 
 is not biomass;
 ``
            (iii) is not derived from palm fatty acid 
 distillates or petroleum; and
 ``
            (iv) has been certified in accordance 
 with subparagraph
        (B)
            (iii) as having a 
 lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction 
 percentage of at least 50 percent.
 ``
        (B) Other 

=== definitions. ===
-For purposes of 
 subparagraph
        (A) :
 ``
            (i) Applicable material.--The term 
 `applicable material' means--
 ``
            (I) monoglycerides, diglycerides, 
 and triglycerides;
 ``
            (II) free fatty acids; and
 ``
            (III) fatty acid esters.
 ``
            (ii) Biomass.--The term `biomass' has the 
 meaning given such term in 

section 45K
            (c) (3) of 
 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
 ``
            (iii) Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions 
 reduction percentage.--The term `lifecycle 
 greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage' 
 means, with respect to any sustainable aviation 
 fuel, the percentage reduction in lifecycle 
 greenhouse gas emissions achieved by such fuel 
 as compared with petroleum-based jet fuel, as 
 defined in accordance with--
 ``
            (I) the most recent Carbon 
 Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for 
 International Aviation which has been 
 adopted by the International Civil 
 Aviation Organization with the 
 agreement of the United States; or
 ``
            (II) the most recent 
 determinations under the Greenhouse 
 gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy 
 use in Technologies

    (GREET) model 
 developed by Argonne National 
 Laboratory.''.

SEC. 4. FARM TO FLY COLLABORATION INITIATIVE.

 The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such actions as are 
necessary to carry out a comprehensive and integrated pursuit of all 
Department of Agriculture mission areas for the advancement of 
sustainable aviation fuels through--

    (1) ensuring leadership working across Department of 
 Agriculture agencies to maximize effectiveness;

    (2) identification of opportunities to maximize sustainable 
 aviation fuels development and commercialization;

    (3) leveraging the capabilities of America's farmers, 
 foresters, and the agricultural sector in capturing the 
 opportunities presented by the emerging sustainable aviation 
 fuels market;

    (4) supporting rural economic development through improved 
 sustainability for aviation; and

    (5) advancing public-private partnerships through 
 collaboration complementing Federal Government efforts.

SEC. 5. BIOREFINERY, RENEWABLE CHEMICAL, AND BIOBASED PRODUCT 
 MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE.

 

Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in paragraph

    (4) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (5) foster and advance sustainable aviation fuels.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (b)

    (3) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (i) by indenting the margins of clauses
            (i) through
            (iii) appropriately;
            (ii) by redesignating clauses
            (ii) and
            (iii) as clauses
            (iii) and
            (iv) , respectively; 
 and
            (iii) by inserting after clause
            (i) the 
 following:
 ``
            (ii) sustainable aviation fuel;''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (i) by indenting the margins of clauses
            (i) through
            (iii) appropriately;
            (ii) by redesignating clauses
            (ii) and
            (iii) as clauses
            (iii) and
            (iv) , respectively; 
 and
            (iii) by inserting after clause
            (i) the 
 following:
 ``
            (ii) sustainable aviation fuel;''.
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