On the Hill

Bill # Sponsor Description Last Action S. 3844 Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] Biofuels Investment Trust Fund Act: A bill to provide for the investment of all funds collected from the tariff on imports of ethanol in the research, development, and deployment of biofuels, especially cellulosic ethanol produced from biomass feedstocks. 9/5/2006: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. H.R. 6064 Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2006: To reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and energy programs and certain other programs of the Department, to modify the operation and administration of these programs, and for other purposes. 9/13/2006: Referred to House committee S.3840 Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] Ethanol Stimulus Act of 2006: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax incentive to produce ethanol in high-consumption, low-production States, and for other purposes. 9/5/2006: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance S. 3890 Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] Rural Energy for America Act of 2006: To enhance and improve the energy security of the United States, expand economic development, increase agricultural income, and improve environmental quality by reauthorizing and improving the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 9/12/2006: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry