In Washington, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), introduced the Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act to strengthen the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred program.
Specifically, this legislation would:
· Strengthen markets for farmers while also supporting good-paying manufacturing jobs.
· Allow the Secretary of Agriculture to set acceptable price premiums under the program.
· Require each federal agency to increase their procurement of biobased-only contracts or biobased volume purchased under those contracts.
· Improve reporting of biobased products that are purchased through online federal procurement systems.
Category: Policy
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