Bipartisan Senators introduce Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act

In Washington, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), introduced the Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act to strengthen the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred program. 

Specifically, this legislation would: 

·      Strengthen markets for farmers while also supporting good-paying manufacturing jobs.

·      Allow the Secretary of Agriculture to set acceptable price premiums under the program. 

·      Require each federal agency to increase their procurement of biobased-only contracts or biobased volume purchased under those contracts.

·      Improve reporting of biobased products that are purchased through online federal procurement systems.