House Amendment 1576


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     1  1    Amend House File 891 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 13 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <1.  The individual selected to fill the George
     1  5 Washington Carver endowed chair position shall engage
     1  6 in research, demonstration, and education activities
     1  7 relating to biomanufacturing or biorefining.  The
     1  8 purpose of the position shall include the
     1  9 identification, development, and improvement of one or
     1 10 more of the following:
     1 11    a.  Practices, techniques, or technology to
     1 12 conserve or enhance soil and water resources required
     1 13 for agricultural production and to maximize the
     1 14 production of crops for animal agriculture,
     1 15 biomanufacturing, or biorefining.
     1 16    b.  Quality management processes used in
     1 17 biomanufacturing including but not limited to
     1 18 improving efficiencies in the use of resources
     1 19 including feedstocks and water resources.
     1 20    c.  Technologies and methods which simultaneously
     1 21 maximize the value of crops used as feedstock in
     1 22 biomanufacturing products and coproducts.
     1 23    d.  Genetic characteristics in crops and
     1 24 agricultural animals which simultaneously maximize
     1 25 agricultural production and increase efficiencies in
     1 26 biomanufacturing products and coproducts.
     1 27    e.  Agricultural practices, biomanufacturing, and
     1 28 biorefining processes which enhance Iowa's natural
     1 29 resources while ensuring that the state is
     1 30 competitively viable in the production of agricultural
     1 31 animals, biomanufacturing, and biorefining.
     1 32    2.  For purposes of this section, unless the
     1 33 context otherwise requires:
     1 34    a.  "Biomanufacturing" means the manufacturing of
     1 35 products derived from processing biomass as a
     1 36 substitute for petroleum including but not limited to
     1 37 the production of renewable fuel and other high=value
     1 38 products and coproducts used in formulating rations
     1 39 fed to agricultural animals.
     1 40    b.  "Biorefining" means an integrated process that
     1 41 uses biomass as a feedstock for conversion into a
     1 42 range of differentiated products such as transport
     1 43 fuels and bulk and fine chemicals, and uses waste
     1 44 biomass for heat or power.>
     1 45 #2.  Page 1, line 14, by inserting before the word
     1 46 <Moneys> the following:  <3.>
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     1 50 REICHERT of Muscatine
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     2  4 WISE of Lee
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     2  8 QUIRK of Chickasaw
     2  9 HF 891.501 82
     2 10 kh/je/8165

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