CONVERSION ASSISTANCE FOR CELLULOSIC BIOMASS, WASTE-DERIVED ETHANOL, APPROVED RENEWABLE FUELS.

SEC. 1512. CONVERSION ASSISTANCE FOR CELLULOSIC BIOMASS, WASTE-DERIVED ETHANOL, APPROVED RENEWABLE FUELS. Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(r) Conversion Assistance for Cellulosic Biomass, Waste-Derived Ethanol, Approved Renewable Fuels.— “(1) In general.—The Secretary of Energy may provide grants to merchant producers of cellulosic biomass ethanol, waste-derived ethanol, and approved renewable fuels in the United States to assist the producers in building eligible production facilities described in paragraph (2) for the production of ethanol or approved renewable fuels. “(2) Eligible production facilities.—A production facility shall be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if the production facility— “(A) is located in the United States; and “(B) uses cellulosic or renewable biomass or waste-derived feedstocks derived from agricultural residues, wood residues, municipal solid waste, or agricultural byproducts. “(3) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts to carry out this subsection: “(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006. “(B) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. “(C) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. “(4) Definitions.—For the purposes of this subsection: “(A) The term ‘approved renewable fuels’ are fuels and components of fuels that have been approved by the Department of Energy, as defined in section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211), which have been made from renewable biomass. “(B) The term ‘renewable biomass’ is, as defined in Presidential Executive Order 13134, published in the Federal Register on August 16, 1999, any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis (excluding old-growth timber), including dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crop residues, aquatic plants, animal wastes, wood and wood residues, paper and paper residues, and other vegetative waste materials. Old-growth timber means timber of a forest from the late successional stage of forest development.” .