[20210817]IF10288_2018年农业法案能源所有权计划概述.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated August 17, 2021Overview of the 2018 Farm Bill Energy Title ProgramsCongress has long encouraged the production of renewable energy and products derived from agriculture-based feedstock in pursuit of various policy goals. These goals include U.S. energy security, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and increased demand for U.S. farm products. Since the late 1970s, Congress has employed a wide range of policy mechanisms and incentivesincluding the farm billto expand the production and use of agriculture-based renewable energy (e.g., tax incentives to blend biofuels with gasoline, loan guarantees to construct production facilities, and a consumption mandate for biofuels). The bioenergy programs authorized and funded under the energy title of the 2018 farm bill (P.L. 115-334, Title IX) build upon programs established in the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171)the first farm bill with an energy title authorizing several agriculture-based programs (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.). Since 2002, the energy title in succeeding farm bills mostly has reauthorizedand in some cases modifiedthe programs. With a few exceptions, Title IX of the 2018 farm bill reauthorized the