(Washington D.C.) This past month, Iowa 3rd District Congresswoman Cindy Axne secured one million dollars for biofuels infrastructure in the House’s initial draft of the Build Back Better Act to support expanded availability and use of renewable fuels.
Congresswoman Axne said not only a win for our farmers, but it was a win for the environment. Axne has reiterated the value that renewable fuels will have in the fight against a warming planet and a changing climate in discussions with her colleagues to secure this funding.
The House committees are beginning to consider their sections of the Build Back Better Act. This comprehensive legislative package will tackle a range of issues from infrastructure to health care, education, and climate.
Included in the initial draft of the bill is $1 billion in funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide grants over the next eight years to expand biofuel pump infrastructure, upgrade existing tanks and pumps, and increase usage of higher ethanol and biodiesel blends.
That investment is double the amount initially proposed by Axne in her Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Investment and Market Expansion Act, which she introduced in March.
