• HF 859 summary HERE
• Amendment H 1387: includes 20 supporting signatures
• Paustian, Klein, Gobble, Salmon, Bradley, Jeneary, Shipley, Jacobsen, Lohse, Wheeler, Mitchell, Westrich, Cisneros, Worthan, Best, Bacon, Kerr, Gerhold, Osmundson and Holt
• Amendment H 1392: by Paustian

1. BIODIESEL INFRASTRUCTURE: Increase grant match to 70% of project cost OR $30,000 whichever is less, with a 5 year commitment: original language had a grant match of 50% OR $30k, with a 3 year commitment (the proposed change mimics the ethanol infrastructure plan)
2. Eliminates repeal of this portion, originally set for July 2024

1. Grants can fund biodiesel OR ethanol projects at terminals—originally only for biodiesel
2. REMOVES $1.25 million maximum from the RFIP for these updates
3. Caps grant limits to 50% of project cost (used to be capped at $30-50k)
4. Adds language to allow for E1-E100 infrastructure incentives not to exceed 50% of project cost
5. Eliminates the repeal of this portion, originally set for July 2024

• More amendments expected next week to cover technical corrections and other concerns brought forward by various stakeholders
• Please reach out to your local legislators to tell them how this would impact your company

• Among other things, appropriates $100 million from state funds to broadband grant programs

• Fluid milk has been deemed an indivisible load by the Federal Government and thus eligible to haul overweight on interstates
• We're working with the Iowa State Dairy Association and Iowa DOT to create an annual permit for interstate travel up to 96,000 lbs.

• This bill is in Senate Ways & Means Committee and is funnel-proof this year and next
• Introduced by the Iowa Bankers Assn and Wells Fargo
• This bill would create a central filing system that all buyers (local sale barns, meat processors, lockers, grain buyers, grocers, etc.) would have to check before issuing payment to each farmer
• It shifts the burden to buyers, increases the number of two-party checks and is not an improvement on our current system
• Bank lobbyists say they want to move a paper system to electronic but have disregarded solutions that would allow for electronic/e-mail notifications through direct notice
• Current bill registrations (all ag groups against, bankers support) HERE

• USTR Tai Calls for Bold Action to Put Climate at Center of Trade Policy

• Ernst Says Iowans Want True Infrastructure: Improvements to Roads, Bridges, Locks and Dams

• Axne to House Leadership: Treat Biofuels as Vital Energy Infrastructure

• Hinson, Spanberger Introduce Bipartisan PPP Equity Act