,i #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fdac ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,november #ad1 #bjbc,mr4 ,nunn of ,iowa 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,budzinski1 and ,mr4 ,van ,orden7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,agriculture ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,farm ,security and ,rural ,investment ,act of #bjjb to improve biorefinery1 renewable chemical1 and biobased product manufacturing assistance1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,agricultural ,biorefinery ,innovation and ,opportunity ,act of #bjbc4 #b4 ,biorefinery1 renewable chemical1 and biobased product manufacturing assistance ,section #ijjc of the ,farm ,security and ,rural ,investment ,act of #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #hajc7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 in the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking to assist and inserting to develop advanced biofuels 7which1 for purposes of this section1 shall include ultra-low-carbon bioethanol and zero-carbon bioethanol71 renewable chemicals1 and biobased product manufacturing and assist2 7#b7 in subsection 7b77#a7-- 7,a7 by striking technologically new 2 and 7,b7 by striking end-user products and inserting end-user products1 renewable chemicals1 and biobased products2 7#c7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by striking ,the ,secretary shall make available to eligible entities guarantees and inserting the following3 ,subject to the availability of funding1 the ,secretary shall make available to eligible entities-- 7#a7 on a year-round basis1 guarantees 2 7,b7 in paragraph 7#a7 7as so designated71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 1 in accordance with subsection 7d72 and2 and 7,c7 by adding at the end the following3 7#b7 grants1 on a competitive basis1 to develop1 construct1 or retrofit pilot or demonstration-scale biorefineries to demonstrate the commercial viability of #a or more processes for converting renewable biomass to advanced biofuels1 renewable chemicals1 and biobased products in accordance with subsection 7e74 2 7#d7 in subsection 7d77#a7-- 7,a7 by striking subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,c72 7,b7 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,d7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71 respectively2 7,c7 in subparagraph 7,a7 7as so redesignated7-- 7i7 by striking ,in approving a loan guarantee application and inserting the following3 7i7 ,in general ,in approving an application for a loan guarantee under subsection 7c77#a7 2 and 7ii7 by adding at the end the following3 7ii7 ,waiver ,the ,secretary may waive the feasibility study under clause 7i7 for proven or otherwise commercially available technologies4 2 and 7,d7 in subparagraph 7,b7 7as so redesignated71 by striking loan guarantee applications and inserting applications for loan guarantees under subsection 7c77#a72 7#e7 by redesignating subsection 7e7 as subsection 7k72 7#f7 by inserting after subsection 7d7 the following3 7e7 ,grants 7#a7 ,selection criteria 7,a7 ,in general ,in approving applications for grants under subsection 7c77#b71 the ,secretary shall establish a priority scoring system that assigns priority scores to each application and only approve applications that exceed a specified minimum score1 as determined by the ,secretary4 7,b7 ,feasibility 7i7 ,in general ,in approving an application for a grant under subsection 7c77#b71 the ,secretary shall determine the technical and economic feasibility of the project based on a feasibility study of the project described in the application conducted by an independent third party4 7ii7 ,waiver ,the ,secretary may waive the feasibility study under clause 7i7 for proven or otherwise commercially available technologies4 7,c7 ,scoring system ,the priority scoring system established under subparagraph 7,a7 shall consider1 with respect to a project proposed in an application for a grant under subsection 7c77#b7-- 7i7 the potential market for the advanced biofuel1 renewable chemical1 or biobased product1 and the byproducts produced under the project2 7ii7 the level of financial participation by the eligible entity1 including support from non-,federal and private sources2 7iii7 whether the eligible entity is proposing to use-- 7,i7 a feedstock not previously used in the production of advanced biofuels2 or 7,,ii7 a feedstock1 process1 or technology in an innovative manner in the production of renewable chemicals or biobased products2 7iv7 whether the eligible entity is proposing to work with producer associations or cooperatives2 7v7 whether the eligible entity has established that the adoption of the process proposed in the application will have a positive impact on resource conservation1 public health1 and the environment2 7vi7 the potential for rural economic development2 7vii7 whether the project can be replicated2 7viii7 scalability for commercial use2 and 7ix7 in the case of an advanced biofuels project1 the contribution of the project to domestic energy security4 7#b7 ,cost sharing 7,a7 ,limits ,the amount of a grant awarded under subsection 7c77#b7 shall not exceed an amount that is #fj percent of the cost of the project carried out using the grant4 7,b7 ,non-,federal share ,the non-,federal share of the cost of a project may be provided in the form of cash or material1 subject to the condition that the material provided does not exceed #cj percent of the non-,federal share4 2 7#g7 in subsection 7g7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,i7 in the matter preceding clause 7i71 by inserting and grants after loan guarantees2 7,,ii7 in clause 7iii71 by striking and at the end2 7,,iii7 in clause 7iv71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7,,iv7 by adding at the end the following3 7v7 #ajj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbh4 2 and 7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking ,of the total and all that follows through subparagraph 7,a7 and inserting ,of the total amount of funds made available for each of fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbh under subparagraph 7,a72 and 7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking #bjbc and inserting #bjbh2 7#h7 in subsection 7h77#a71 by striking subsections 7a7 through 7e71 and 7g7 and inserting subsections 7a7 through 7e71 7g71 and 7k72 7#i7 in subsection 7i77#a71 by striking subsections 7a7 through 7e7 and subsection 7g7 and inserting subsections 7a7 through 7e71 7g71 and 7k72 and 7#aj7 in subsection 7j77#a71 by striking subsections 7a7 through 7e7 and 7g7 and inserting subsections 7a7 through 7e71 7g71 and 7k74