H.R. 90: To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.
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H.R. 90: To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-05 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop recommendations for evaluation measures and criteria for programs under this Act; and (2) evaluate the feasibility of prize and best practices award programs as tools to promote self-powered farms. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an award program for up to 30 state agricultural research programs for self-powered farm demonstrations; (2) provide low-cost revolving loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities for the commercial application of energy or other technologies that will contribute to establishing self-powered farms, with highest preference given to applicants who propose to meet their energy needs from biobased feedstocks or other renewable energy sources produced on that farm; and (3) enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for a review of the programs under this Act.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr90.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr90 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112