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42 U.S.C. § 15855 — Sugar Cane Ethanol Program
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**(a) Definition of program** In this section, the term “program” means the Sugar Cane Ethanol Program established by subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment** There is established within the Environmental Protection Agency a program to be known as the “Sugar Cane Ethanol Program”.
**(c) Project**
(1) **In general** — Subject to the availability of appropriations under subsection (d), in carrying out the program, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a project that is—
(A) carried out in multiple States—
(i) in each of which is produced cane sugar that is eligible for loans under [section 7272 of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7272&num=0&edition=prelim), or a similar subsequent authority; and
(ii) at the option of each such State, that have an incentive program that requires the use of ethanol in the State; and
(B) designed to study the production of ethanol from cane sugar, sugarcane, and sugarcane byproducts.
(2) **Requirements** — A project described in paragraph (1) shall—
(A) be limited to sugar producers and the production of ethanol in the States of Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Hawaii, divided equally among the States, to demonstrate that the process may be applicable to cane sugar, sugarcane, and sugarcane byproducts;
(B) include information on the ways in which the scale of production may be replicated once the sugar cane industry has located sites for, and constructed, ethanol production facilities; and
(C) not last more than 3 years.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $36,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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**(a) Definition of program** In this section, the term “program” means the Sugar Cane Ethanol Program established by subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment** There is established within the Environmental Protection Agency a program to be known as the “Sugar Cane Ethanol Program”.
**(c) Project**
(1) **In general** — Subject to the availability of appropriations under subsection (d), in carrying out the program, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a project that is—
(A) carried out in multiple States—
(i) in each of which is produced cane sugar that is eligible for loans under [section 7272 of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7272&num=0&edition=prelim), or a similar subsequent authority; and
(ii) at the option of each such State, that have an incentive program that requires the use of ethanol in the State; and
(B) designed to study the production of ethanol from cane sugar, sugarcane, and sugarcane byproducts.
(2) **Requirements** — A project described in paragraph (1) shall—
(A) be limited to sugar producers and the production of ethanol in the States of Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Hawaii, divided equally among the States, to demonstrate that the process may be applicable to cane sugar, sugarcane, and sugarcane byproducts;
(B) include information on the ways in which the scale of production may be replicated once the sugar cane industry has located sites for, and constructed, ethanol production facilities; and
(C) not last more than 3 years.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $36,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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**(a) Sugarcane** The Secretary shall make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane at a rate equal to—
(1) 18.00 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2008 crop year;
(2) 18.25 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2009 crop year;
(3) 18.50 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2010 crop year;
(4) 18.75 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2011 through 2018 crop years;
(5) 19.75 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2019 through 2024 crop years; and
(6) 24.00 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2025 through 2031 crop years.
**(b) Sugar beets** The Secretary shall make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugar beets at a rate equal to—
(1) 22.9 cents per pound for refined beet sugar for the 2008 crop year;
(2) a rate that is equal to 128.5 percent of the loan rate per pound of raw cane sugar for the applicable crop year under subsection (a) for each of the 2009 through 2024 crop years; and
(3) a rate that is equal to 136.55 percent of the loan rate per pound of raw cane sugar under subsection (a)(6) for each of the 2025 through 2031 crop years.
**(c) Term of loans**
(1) **In general** — A loan under this section during any fiscal year shall be made available not earlier than the beginning of the fiscal year and shall mature at the earlier of—
(A) the end of the 9-month period beginning on the first day of the first month after the month in which the loan is made; or
(B) the end of the fiscal year in which the loan is made.
(2) **Supplemental loans** — In the case of a loan made under this section in the last 3 months of a fiscal year, the processor may repledge the sugar as collateral for a second loan in the subsequent fiscal year, except that the second loa
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Except as otherwise provided, in this Act:
(1) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Energy.
(2) **Institution of higher education**
(A) *In general* — The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in [section 1001(a) of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1001/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Inclusion* — The term “institution of higher education” includes an organization that—
(i) is organized, and at all times thereafter operated, exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the functions of one or more organizations referred to in subparagraph (A); and
(ii) is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connection with one or more of those organizations.
(3) **National Laboratory** — The term “National Laboratory” means any of the following laboratories owned by the Department:
(A) Ames Laboratory.
(B) Argonne National Laboratory.
(C) Brookhaven National Laboratory.
(D) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
(E) Idaho National Laboratory.
(F) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
(G) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
(H) Los Alamos National Laboratory.
(I) National Energy Technology Laboratory.
(J) National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
(K) Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
(L) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
(M) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
(N) Sandia National Laboratories.
(O) Savannah River National Laboratory.
(P) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
(Q) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
(4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.
(5) **Small business concern** — The term “small business concern” has th
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 15855
(2) Amount of rebate
Rebates provided under the program estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall be in an amount
not to exceed the lesser of—
(A) 25 percent of the expenditures described
in paragraph (1) made by the consumer; or
(B) $3,000.
(3) Definition
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘renew-
able energy system’’ has the meaning given that
term in section 6865(c)(6)(A) of this title.
(4) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for carrying out this section, to re-
main available until expended—
(A) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(B) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(C) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(D) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
(E) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
(Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 206(c), Aug. 8, 2005, 119
Stat. 655.)
§ 15854. Sugar Cane Ethanol Program
(a) Definition of program
In this section, the term ‘‘program’’ means the
Sugar Cane Ethanol Program established by
subsection (b).
(b) Establishment
There is established within the Environmental
Protection Agency a program to be known as
the ‘‘Sugar Cane Ethanol Program’’.
(c) Project
(1) In general
Subject to the availability of appropriations
under subsection (d), in carrying out the pro-
gram, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall establish a project
that is—
(A) carried out in multiple States—
(i) in each of which is produced cane
sugar that is eligible for loans under sec-
tion 7272 of title 7, or a similar subsequent
authority; and
(ii) at the option of each such State, that
have an incentive program that requires
the use of ethanol in the State; and
(B) designed to study the production of
ethanol from
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