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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1719
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect
to the definition of biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Mr. M
ILLERof Ohio (for himself, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. FINSTAD, Ms. BUDZINSKI,
Ms. T
ENNEY, Mr. MANN, Mr. BOST, Mr. BACON, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr.
J
OHNSONof South Dakota, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. SORENSEN, Mrs. MILLER-
M
EEKS, and Mrs. FISCHBACH) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 with respect to the definition of biofuels and
sustainable aviation fuel, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm to Fly Act of 4
2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. PURPOSES AND FINDINGS. 6
(a) P
URPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-7
lows: 8
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(1) To enable access for sustainable aviation 1
fuels within Department of Agriculture bio-energy 2
programs to foster alternative biofuels in national 3
aviation, expanding the fuel supply, promoting clean 4
energy sources, and supporting United States agri-5
culture. 6
(2) To recognize the critical role the United 7
States agricultural sector plays in the production of 8
sustainable aviation fuel and the importance of such 9
fuel to achieving the goals of the Sustainable Avia-10
tion Fuel Grand Challenge. 11
(b) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 12
(1) Sustainable aviation fuels have the capacity 13
to increase domestic energy security, support the ag-14
ricultural sector, and foster the farm economy by ac-15
celerating the availability of a commercially viable 16
and sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the 17
United States. 18
(2) Sustainable aviation fuels provide a critical 19
opportunity to support farmers of the United States 20
and the rest of the agricultural sector in the sector’s 21
partnership with the aviation sector to support rural 22
economic development. 23
(3) Feedstocks have been identified for sustain-24
able aviation fuels due to the collective abundance 25
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and perceived sustainability attributes of such feed-1
stocks. 2
(4) Sustainable aviation fuels will increase do-3
mestic energy security and create new markets for 4
farmers of the United States while providing a new 5
energy resource for the aviation sector. 6
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 7
Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-8
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended— 9
(1) in paragraph (3)(B)— 10
(A) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘and sus-11
tainable aviation fuel’’ after ‘‘diesel-equivalent 12
fuel’’; 13
(B) by redesignating clauses (v) through 14
(vii) as clauses (vi) through (viii), respectively; 15
and 16
(C) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-17
lowing: 18
‘‘(v) biofuel, including sustainable 19
aviation fuel, produced from an inter-20
mediate ingredient or feedstock;’’; and 21
(2) by adding at the end the following: 22
‘‘(18) S
USTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL .— 23
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sustainable 1
aviation fuel’ means liquid fuel, the portion of 2
which is not kerosene, which— 3
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of— 4
‘‘(I) ASTM International Stand-5
ard D7566; or 6
‘‘(II) the Fischer Tropsch provi-7
sions of ASTM International Stand-8
ard D1655, Annex A1; 9
‘‘(ii) is not derived from coprocessing 10
an applicable material (or materials de-11
rived from an applicable material) with a 12
feedstock which is not biomass; 13
‘‘(iii) is not derived from palm fatty 14
acid distillates or petroleum; and 15
‘‘(iv) has been certified in accordance 16
with subparagraph (B)(iii) as having a 17
lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduc-18
tion percentage of at least 50 percent. 19
‘‘(B) O
THER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes 20
of subparagraph (A): 21
‘‘(i) A
PPLICABLE MATERIAL .—The 22
term ‘applicable material’ means— 23
‘‘(I) monoglycerides, diglycerides, 24
and triglycerides; 25
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‘‘(II) free fatty acids; and 1
‘‘(III) fatty acid esters. 2
‘‘(ii) B
IOMASS.—The term ‘biomass’ 3
has the meaning given such term in section 4
45K(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 5
1986. 6
‘‘(iii) L
IFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS 7
EMISSIONS REDUCTION PERCENTAGE .— 8
The term ‘lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-9
sions reduction percentage’ means, with re-10
spect to any sustainable aviation fuel, the 11
percentage reduction in lifecycle green-12
house gas emissions achieved by such fuel 13
as compared with petroleum-based jet fuel, 14
as defined in accordance with— 15
‘‘(I) the most recent Carbon Off-16
setting and Reduction Scheme for 17
International Aviation which has been 18
adopted by the International Civil 19
Aviation Organization with the agree-20
ment of the United States; or 21
‘‘(II) the most recent determina-22
tions under the Greenhouse gases, 23
Regulated Emissions, and Energy use 24
in Technologies (GREET) model de-25
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veloped by Argonne National Labora-1
tory.’’. 2
SEC. 4. FARM TO FLY COLLABORATION INITIATIVE. 3
The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such actions 4
as are necessary to carry out a comprehensive and inte-5
grated pursuit of all Department of Agriculture mission 6
areas for the advancement of sustainable aviation fuels 7
through— 8
(1) ensuring leadership working across Depart-9
ment of Agriculture agencies to maximize effective-10
ness; 11
(2) identification of opportunities to maximize 12
sustainable aviation fuels development and commer-13
cialization; 14
(3) leveraging the capabilities of America’s 15
farmers, foresters, and the agricultural sector in 16
capturing the opportunities presented by the emerg-17
ing sustainable aviation fuels market; 18
(4) supporting rural economic development 19
through improved sustainability for aviation; and 20
(5) advancing public-private partnerships 21
through collaboration complementing Federal Gov-22
ernment efforts. 23
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SEC. 5. BIOREFINERY, RENEWABLE CHEMICAL, AND 1
BIOBASED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AS-2
SISTANCE. 3
Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-4
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended— 5
(1) in subsection (a)— 6
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 7
the end; 8
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-9
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 10
(C) by adding at the end the following: 11
‘‘(5) foster and advance sustainable aviation 12
fuels.’’; and 13
(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 14
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 15
(i) by indenting the margins of 16
clauses (i) through (iii) appropriately; 17
(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 18
(iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 19
and 20
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 21
following: 22
‘‘(ii) sustainable aviation fuel;’’; and 23
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 24
(i) by indenting the margins of 25
clauses (i) through (iii) appropriately; 26
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(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 1
(iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 2
and 3
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 4
following: 5
‘‘(ii) sustainable aviation fuel;’’. 6
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