Purposes and findings

(a) Purposes The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) To enable access for sustainable aviation fuels within Department of Agriculture bioenergy programs to foster alternative biofuels in national aviation, expanding the fuel supply, promoting clean energy sources, and supporting United States agriculture. (2) To recognize the critical role the United States agricultural sector plays in the production of sustainable aviation fuel and the importance of such fuel to achieving the goals of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge. (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Sustainable aviation fuels have the capacity to increase domestic energy security, support the agricultural sector, and foster the farm economy by accelerating the availability of a commercially viable and sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the United States. (2) Sustainable aviation fuels provide a critical opportunity to support farmers of the United States and the rest of the agricultural sector in the sector’s partnership with the aviation sector to support rural economic development. (3) Feedstocks have been identified for sustainable aviation fuels due to the collective abundance and perceived sustainability attributes of such feedstocks. (4) Sustainable aviation fuels will increase domestic energy security and create new markets for farmers of the United States while providing a new energy resource for the aviation sector.