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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-167
PYROLYSIS INNOVATION GRANTS ACT
NOVEMBER 1, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, from the Committee on Agriculture,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 5589]
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 5589) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a
program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out projects
with the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse emissions that
convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products into multiple
higher value biocarbon products, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Pyrolysis Innovation Grants Act.
SEC. 2. PYROLYSIS INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of
Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the Secretary), acting through the Director
of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall establish a program under
which the Secretary will award competitive grants to eligible entities to carry out
not fewer than 10 pilot projects with the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse
gas emissions by converting and valorizing tree nut harvest by-products into mul-
tiple higher value biocarbon products, including sustainable industrial applications,
agrochemicals, repurposing process heat, energy, and construction materials.
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.-The term eligible entity means-
(1) a college or university (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103));
(2) a third-party private entity, the primary business of which is related to
agriculture (as determined by the Secretary);
(3) a nongovernmental organization with experience working with agricul-
tural producers (as determined by the Secretary); and
(4) a Federal agency or other governmental organization.
(c) REPORT.-Not later than two years after the date on which the first grant is
awarded under subsection (a), and biennially thereafter until two years after the
date on which the last grant is awarded under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
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