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6/11/2007--Introduced.<br/>American Farm Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Farmland Stewardship Process whose purposes shall be to: (1) enable conservation programs to be responsive to local and site-specific conditions; (2) reduce administrative procedures and costs; and (3) coordinate multiple conservation programs and develop a delivery mechanism which can be applied to individual owners, operators, or producers. Sets forth program provisions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into stewardship conservation agreements with owners, operators, and producers; and (2) make rural land stewardship implementation grants (from funds available for the farmland protection program). Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000, the Clean Air Act, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and Executive Order 13134 to harmonize specified definitions, including &quot;biomass,&quot; &quot;renewable biomass,&quot; &quot;cellulosic biomass,&quot; and &quot;cellulosic feedstock.&quot; Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary to: (1) guarantee loans made by private institutions for construction of facilities to process and convert cellulosic biomass materials directly into alcohol-based fuels, bio-fuels, or other commercial products; and (2) make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to farm owners and tenants for the purchase and installation of equipment and the construction of facilities for processing animal wastes and byproducts into liquid fuel, energy, and other commercial products. Amends the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to include the production of crops grown for cellulosic feedstock and biomass (energy crops) in the biomass research and development initiative.<br/>

1209096000 2008-04-25 Thu Nov 06 22:55:05 -0600 2008 introduced 44477 'new':27 'cost':21 'farm':11 'make':16 'ongo':4 'activ':18 'creat':26 'ranch':14 'effect':22 'effici':24 'enhanc':2 'forest':12 'profit':5 'purpos':35 'revenu':28 'viabil':7 'america':9 'biofuel':31 'conserv':17 'opportun':29 'cost-effect':20 47529 official introduced 44477 'act':4 '2007':6 'farm':2 'improv':3 'american':1 50919 short action 44477 1209096000 Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0500 2008 155503 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. M001164 2172 Tim 'tim':1,3,5 'mahoney':2,4,6 M 412197 Mahoney Timothy_Mahoney Tim Mahoney 1525 N00027804 5154 Democrat Tim Mahoney P000586 1974-07-31 3190 1725 Longworth House Office Building http://adamputnam.house.gov/contact.shtml 12 202-226-0585 Adam 'r':4 'fl':5 '-12':6 'rep':1 'adam':2,7,9 'putnam':3,8,10 M 400328 Putnam Adam_H._Putnam H. Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12] 1640 N00009618 5850 Republican 202-225-1252 Episcopalian FL Adam Putnam 4.44444444444444 http://www.house.gov/putnam/ RepPutnam action 44477 1209096000 Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0500 2008 155503 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. action 44477 1209096000 Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0500 2008 155504 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. action 44477 1181534400 Mon Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2007 133343 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. action 44477 1181534400 Mon Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2007 117826 Referred to House Science and Technology introduced 44477 1181534400 Mon Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2007 117822 action 44477 1181534400 Mon Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2007 117823 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science 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. action 44477 1181534400 Mon Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2007 117824 Referred to House Agriculture action 44477 1181534400 Mon Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2007 117825 Referred to House Energy and Commerce