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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 144
5	5	To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect
6	6	to the definition of biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel, and for other
7	7	purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY16, 2025
10	10	Mr. M
11	11	ORAN(for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. ERNST, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr.
12	12	R
13	13	ICKETTS, and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was
14	14	read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
15	15	Forestry
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
18	18	of 2002 with respect to the definition of biofuels and
19	19	sustainable aviation fuel, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm to Fly Act of 4
24	24	2025’’. 5
25	25	SEC. 2. PURPOSES AND FINDINGS. 6
26	26	(a) P
27	27	URPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-7
28	28	lows: 8
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32	32	(1) To enable access for sustainable aviation 1
33	33	fuels within Department of Agriculture bioenergy 2
34	34	programs to foster alternative biofuels in national 3
35	35	aviation, expanding the fuel supply, promoting clean 4
36	36	energy sources, and supporting United States agri-5
37	37	culture. 6
38	38	(2) To recognize the critical role the United 7
39	39	States agricultural sector plays in the production of 8
40	40	sustainable aviation fuel and the importance of such 9
41	41	fuel to achieving the goals of the Sustainable Avia-10
42	42	tion Fuel Grand Challenge. 11
43	43	(b) F
44	44	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 12
45	45	(1) Sustainable aviation fuels have the capacity 13
46	46	to increase domestic energy security, support the ag-14
47	47	ricultural sector, and foster the farm economy by ac-15
48	48	celerating the availability of a commercially viable 16
49	49	and sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the 17
50	50	United States. 18
51	51	(2) Sustainable aviation fuels provide a critical 19
52	52	opportunity to support farmers of the United States 20
53	53	and the rest of the agricultural sector in the sector’s 21
54	54	partnership with the aviation sector to support rural 22
55	55	economic development. 23
56	56	(3) Feedstocks have been identified for sustain-24
57	57	able aviation fuels due to the collective abundance 25
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61	61	and perceived sustainability attributes of such feed-1
62	62	stocks. 2
63	63	(4) Sustainable aviation fuels will increase do-3
64	64	mestic energy security and create new markets for 4
65	65	farmers of the United States while providing a new 5
66	66	energy resource for the aviation sector. 6
67	67	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 7
68	68	Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-8
69	69	ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended— 9
70	70	(1) in paragraph (3)(B)— 10
71	71	(A) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘and sus-11
72	72	tainable aviation fuel’’ after ‘‘diesel-equivalent 12
73	73	fuel’’; 13
74	74	(B) by redesignating clauses (v) through 14
75	75	(vii) as clauses (vi) through (viii), respectively; 15
76	76	and 16
77	77	(C) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-17
78	78	lowing: 18
79	79	‘‘(v) biofuel, including sustainable 19
80	80	aviation fuel, produced from an inter-20
81	81	mediate ingredient or feedstock;’’; and 21
82	82	(2) by adding at the end the following: 22
83	83	‘‘(18) S
84	84	USTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL .— 23
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88	88	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sustainable 1
89	89	aviation fuel’ means liquid fuel, the portion of 2
90	90	which is not kerosene, which— 3
91	91	‘‘(i) meets the requirements of— 4
92	92	‘‘(I) ASTM International Stand-5
93	93	ard D7566; or 6
94	94	‘‘(II) the Fischer Tropsch provi-7
95	95	sions of ASTM International Stand-8
96	96	ard D1655, Annex A1; 9
97	97	‘‘(ii) is not derived from coprocessing 10
98	98	an applicable material (or materials de-11
99	99	rived from an applicable material) with a 12
100	100	feedstock which is not biomass; 13
101	101	‘‘(iii) is not derived from palm fatty 14
102	102	acid distillates or petroleum; and 15
103	103	‘‘(iv) has been certified in accordance 16
104	104	with subparagraph (B)(iii) as having a 17
105	105	lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduc-18
106	106	tion percentage of at least 50 percent. 19
107	107	‘‘(B) O
108	108	THER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes 20
109	109	of subparagraph (A): 21
110	110	‘‘(i) A
111	111	PPLICABLE MATERIAL .—The 22
112	112	term ‘applicable material’ means— 23
113	113	‘‘(I) monoglycerides, diglycerides, 24
114	114	and triglycerides; 25
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118	118	‘‘(II) free fatty acids; and 1
119	119	‘‘(III) fatty acid esters. 2
120	120	‘‘(ii) B
121	121	IOMASS.—The term ‘biomass’ 3
122	122	has the meaning given such term in section 4
123	123	45K(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 5
124	124	1986. 6
125	125	‘‘(iii) L
126	126	IFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS 7
127	127	EMISSIONS REDUCTION PERCENTAGE .— 8
128	128	The term ‘lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-9
129	129	sions reduction percentage’ means, with re-10
130	130	spect to any sustainable aviation fuel, the 11
131	131	percentage reduction in lifecycle green-12
132	132	house gas emissions achieved by such fuel 13
133	133	as compared with petroleum-based jet fuel, 14
134	134	as defined in accordance with— 15
135	135	‘‘(I) the most recent Carbon Off-16
136	136	setting and Reduction Scheme for 17
137	137	International Aviation which has been 18
138	138	adopted by the International Civil 19
139	139	Aviation Organization with the agree-20
140	140	ment of the United States; or 21
141	141	‘‘(II) the most recent determina-22
142	142	tions under the Greenhouse gases, 23
143	143	Regulated Emissions, and Energy use 24
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148	148	veloped by Argonne National Labora-1
149	149	tory.’’. 2
150	150	SEC. 4. FARM TO FLY COLLABORATION INITIATIVE. 3
151	151	The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such actions 4
152	152	as are necessary to carry out a comprehensive and inte-5
153	153	grated pursuit of all Department of Agriculture mission 6
154	154	areas for the advancement of sustainable aviation fuels 7
155	155	through— 8
156	156	(1) ensuring leadership working across Depart-9
157	157	ment of Agriculture agencies to maximize effective-10
158	158	ness; 11
159	159	(2) identification of opportunities to maximize 12
160	160	sustainable aviation fuels development and commer-13
161	161	cialization; 14
162	162	(3) leveraging the capabilities of America’s 15
163	163	farmers, foresters, and the agricultural sector in 16
164	164	capturing the opportunities presented by the emerg-17
165	165	ing sustainable aviation fuels market; 18
166	166	(4) supporting rural economic development 19
167	167	through improved sustainability for aviation; and 20
168	168	(5) advancing public-private partnerships 21
169	169	through collaboration complementing Federal Gov-22
170	170	ernment efforts. 23
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174	174	SEC. 5. BIOREFINERY, RENEWABLE CHEMICAL, AND 1
175	175	BIOBASED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AS-2
176	176	SISTANCE. 3
177	177	Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-4
178	178	ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended— 5
179	179	(1) in subsection (a)— 6
180	180	(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 7
181	181	the end; 8
182	182	(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-9
183	183	riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 10
184	184	(C) by adding at the end the following: 11
185	185	‘‘(5) foster and advance sustainable aviation 12
186	186	fuels.’’; and 13
187	187	(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 14
188	188	(A) in subparagraph (A)— 15
189	189	(i) by indenting the margins of 16
190	190	clauses (i) through (iii) appropriately; 17
191	191	(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 18
192	192	(iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 19
193	193	and 20
194	194	(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 21
195	195	following: 22
196	196	‘‘(ii) sustainable aviation fuel;’’; and 23
197	197	(B) in subparagraph (B)— 24
198	198	(i) by indenting the margins of 25
199	199	clauses (i) through (iii) appropriately; 26
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203	203	(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 1
204	204	(iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 2
205	205	and 3
206	206	(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 4
207	207	following: 5
208	208	‘‘(ii) sustainable aviation fuel;’’. 6
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