119-s2693

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2693 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2693

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance 
 the recognition, procurement, and domestic production of biobased 
 products, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 3, 2025

Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Padilla) 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 to enhance 
 the recognition, procurement, and domestic production of biobased 
 products, 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 ``Biobased Market Expansion Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE BIOBASED MARKETS PROGRAM.

 

Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8102) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A)
            (i) --
            (I) in subclause
            (II) (bb) , by 
 striking ``and'' at the end;
            (II) in subclause
            (III) , by 
 striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; and''; and
            (III) by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
            (IV) on an annual basis, update 
 the procurement requirement established 
 under subclause
            (III) by increasing the 
 number of biobased-only contracts or 
 the volume purchased under those 
 contracts from the previous year.''; 
 and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (I) in clause
            (ii) 
            (II) , by striking 
 ``or'' at the end; and
            (II) by striking clause
            (iii) and 
 inserting the following:
 ``
            (iii) are available only at a price that 
 exceeds the price preference established under 
 paragraph

    (3)
        (B)
            (ix) for those items; or
 ``
            (iv) do not meet procurement requirements 
 under chapter 83 of title 41, United States 
 Code (commonly known as the `Buy American 
 Act').'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (I) in clause
            (vii) , by striking 
 ``and'' at the end;
            (II) by redesignating clause
            (viii) as clause
            (x) ; and
            (III) by inserting after clause
            (vii) the following:
 ``
            (viii) promote biobased products that are 
 produced wholly or in part in the United 
 States;
 ``
            (ix) establish price preferences for 
 biobased products; and''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking 
 ``which--'' in the matter preceding clause
            (i) and all that follows through ``the quantity'' 
 in clause
            (ii) and inserting ``which the 
 quantity''; and
            (C) in paragraph

    (4) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (I) by striking clause
            (ii) ;
            (II) by redesignating clauses
            (iii) and
            (iv) as clauses
            (ii) and
            (iii) , 
 respectively; and
            (III) in clause
            (iii) (as so 
 redesignated)--

    (aa) in the matter 
 preceding subclause
            (I) , by 
 inserting ``and publish on a 
 publicly available website'' 
 after ``Congress'';

    (bb) in subclause
            (I) , by 
 striking ``and'' at the end;
            (cc) in subclause
            (II) , by 
 striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; and''; and
            (dd) by adding at the end 
 the following:
 ``
            (III) outlines any potential 
 barriers to compliance by procuring 
 agencies.'';
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (B)
            (i) --
            (I) in each of subclauses
            (IV) and
            (V) , by striking ``and'' at the end; 
 and
            (II) by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
            (VI) if applicable, the 
 procurement requirement established 
 under paragraph

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) that the 
 procuring agency failed to meet and 
 reasons for the failure; and
 ``
            (VII) the specific categories, 
 performance standards, and other 
 specifications of products for which 
 biobased products are commercially 
 unavailable to meet the needs of the 
 procuring agency; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) Training.--Not later than 2 years after the 
 date of enactment of this subparagraph, each procuring 
 agency shall ensure that contracting officers, purchase 
 card managers, purchase card holders, and other 
 appropriate staff have completed training on and have 
 begun to implement biobased product purchasing.
 ``
        (E) Federal catalog.--Not later than 2 years 
 after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the 
 Administrator of General Services, in cooperation with 
 the Secretary, shall update Federal catalogs and data 
 systems for procurement and contracting to clearly 
 delineate eligible biobased products.
 ``
        (F) Verification.--The Office of Federal 
 Procurement Policy shall--
 ``
            (i) annually collect, and make publicly 
 available, the information required to be 
 reported under subparagraph
        (B) ; and
 ``
            (ii) annually verify, using the 
 information collected under subparagraph
        (B) , 
 that each procuring agency, as applicable, has 
 established and is operating a procurement 
 program in accordance with under paragraph

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) 
            (I) .'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b)

    (2)
        (B) --
        (A) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (B) in clause
            (iii) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iv) encourage the purchase of biobased 
 products that are produced wholly or in part 
 within the United States.'';

    (3) in subsection

    (j)

    (3) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking clauses
            (iv) and
            (v) and inserting the following:
 ``
            (iv) the estimated economic value 
 returned to the agricultural industry;
 ``
            (v) the geographic distribution and value 
 of biomanufacturing facilities or biorefineries 
 producing products bearing the label described 
 in subsection

    (b)

    (1) ; and''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) , strike ``this 
 subparagraph'' and inserting ``the Biobased Market 
 Expansion Act of 2025''; and

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

    (n) Review.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Biobased Market Expansion Act of 2025, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that describes--
 ``

    (1) an assessment of the implementation of this section, 
 including--
 ``
        (A) the compliance of procuring agencies with 
 subsection

    (a)

    (2) ;
 ``
        (B) the efficacy of guidelines developed under 
 subsection

    (a)

    (3) ;
 ``
            (C) compliance with requirements under subsection

    (a)

    (4) ; and
 ``
            (D) the recognition programs developed under 
 subsection
            (c) ;
 ``

    (2) a review of data provided by procuring agencies to 
 determine whether the data being collected is adequate and 
 actionable for policymakers to make decisions regarding the 
 implementation of this section;
 ``

    (3) recommendations for additional data needed for 
 procuring agencies to increase biobased procurement;
 ``

    (4) recommendations for improvements to the biobased 
 procurement programs of the Department of Agriculture; and
 ``

    (5) opportunities to improve procurement of biobased 
 products made in the United States.''.
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