[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2693 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2693
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance
the recognition, procurement, and domestic production of biobased
products, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 3, 2025
Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance
the recognition, procurement, and domestic production of biobased
products, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Biobased Market Expansion Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE BIOBASED MARKETS PROGRAM.
Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
(7 U.S.C. 8102) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
(I) in subclause (II)(bb), by
striking ``and'' at the end;
(II) in subclause (III), by
striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(III) by adding at the end the
following:
``(IV) on an annual basis, update
the procurement requirement established
under subclause (III) by increasing the
number of biobased-only contracts or
the volume purchased under those
contracts from the previous year.'';
and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in clause (ii)(II), by striking
``or'' at the end; and
(II) by striking clause (iii) and
inserting the following:
``(iii) are available only at a price that
exceeds the price preference established under
paragraph (3)(B)(ix) for those items; or
``(iv) do not meet procurement requirements
under chapter 83 of title 41, United States
Code (commonly known as the `Buy American
Act').'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in clause (vii), by striking
``and'' at the end;
(II) by redesignating clause (viii)
as clause (x); and
(III) by inserting after clause
(vii) the following:
``(viii) promote biobased products that are
produced wholly or in part in the United
States;
``(ix) establish price preferences for
biobased products; and''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking
``which--'' in the matter preceding clause (i)
and all that follows through ``the quantity''
in clause (ii) and inserting ``which the
quantity''; and
(C) in paragraph (4)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) by striking clause (ii);
(II) by redesignating clauses (iii)
and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii),
respectively; and
(III) in clause (iii) (as so
redesignated)--
(aa) in the matter
preceding subclause (I), by
inserting ``and publish on a
publicly available website''
after ``Congress'';
(bb) in subclause (I), by
striking ``and'' at the end;
(cc) in subclause (II), by
striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(dd) by adding at the end
the following:
``(III) outlines any potential
barriers to compliance by procuring
agencies.'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
(I) in each of subclauses (IV) and
(V), by striking ``and'' at the end;
and
(II) by adding at the end the
following:
``(VI) if applicable, the
procurement requirement established
under paragraph (2)(A)(i) that the
procuring agency failed to meet and
reasons for the failure; and
``(VII) the specific categories,
performance standards, and other
specifications of products for which
biobased products are commercially
unavailable to meet the needs of the
procuring agency; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) Training.--Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this subparagraph, each procuring
agency shall ensure that contracting officers, purchase
card managers, purchase card holders, and other
appropriate staff have completed training on and have
begun to implement biobased product purchasing.
``(E) Federal catalog.--Not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the
Administrator of General Services, in cooperation with
the Secretary, shall update Federal catalogs and data
systems for procurement and contracting to clearly
delineate eligible biobased products.
``(F) Verification.--The Office of Federal
Procurement Policy shall--
``(i) annually collect, and make publicly
available, the information required to be
reported under subparagraph (B); and
``(ii) annually verify, using the
information collected under subparagraph (B),
that each procuring agency, as applicable, has
established and is operating a procurement
program in accordance with under paragraph
(2)(A)(i)(I).'';
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(B)--
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) encourage the purchase of biobased
products that are produced wholly or in part
within the United States.'';
(3) in subsection (j)(3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (iv)
and (v) and inserting the following:
``(iv) the estimated economic value
returned to the agricultural industry;
``(v) the geographic distribution and value
of biomanufacturing facilities or biorefineries
producing products bearing the label described
in subsection (b)(1); and''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), strike ``this
subparagraph'' and inserting ``the Biobased Market
Expansion Act of 2025''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(n) Review.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of the Biobased Market Expansion Act of 2025, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that describes--
``(1) an assessment of the implementation of this section,
including--
``(A) the compliance of procuring agencies with
subsection (a)(2);
``(B) the efficacy of guidelines developed under
subsection (a)(3);
``(C) compliance with requirements under subsection
(a)(4); and
``(D) the recognition programs developed under
subsection (c);
``(2) a review of data provided by procuring agencies to
determine whether the data being collected is adequate and
actionable for policymakers to make decisions regarding the
implementation of this section;
``(3) recommendations for additional data needed for
procuring agencies to increase biobased procurement;
``(4) recommendations for improvements to the biobased
procurement programs of the Department of Agriculture; and
``(5) opportunities to improve procurement of biobased
products made in the United States.''.
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