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This bill would end certain federal bioenergy subsidy programs run by the Department of Agriculture. In simple terms, it would remove a set of government payments and related support for these energy programs by repealing the part of existing law that created them.
- It repeals Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, which is the section that covers these bioenergy subsidies.
- The bill would cancel the USDA bioenergy subsidy programs and other related subsidy programs tied to that law.
Official Summaries
Farewell to Unnecessary Energy Lifelines Reform Act of 2025 or the FUEL Reform Act
This bill repeals Title IX (Energy) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (i.e., the 2002 farm bill). The title authorizes various energy programs that are administered by the Department of Agriculture and primarily provide support and incentives for renewable energy projects. For example, these programs include the BioPreferred Program; the Rural Energy for America Program; and the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 112 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 112
To repeal the Department of Agriculture bioenergy subsidy programs and
other related subsidy programs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on
Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
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A BILL
To repeal the Department of Agriculture bioenergy subsidy programs and
other related subsidy programs.
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 ``Farewell to Unnecessary Energy
Lifelines Reform Act of 2025'' or the ``FUEL Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BIOENERGY SUBSIDY PROGRAMS
AND OTHER RELATED SUBSIDY PROGRAMS.
Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is repealed.
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