text: SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE BIOMASS.
  
      (a) Clean Air Act Definitions.--
              (1) RFS definition.--Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (I) 
          and inserting the following:
                      ``(I) Renewable biomass.--The term `renewable 
                  biomass' means--
                              ``(i) materials, pre-commercial thinnings, 
                          or invasive species from National Forest System 
                          land and public lands (as defined in section 
                          103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
                          Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) that--
                                      ``(I) are byproducts of preventive 
                                  treatments that are removed--
                                              ``(aa) to reduce hazardous 
                                          fuels;
                                              ``(bb) to reduce or contain 
                                          disease or insect infestation; 
                                          or
                                              ``(cc) to restore ecosystem 
                                          health;
                                      ``(II) would not otherwise be used 
                                  for higher-value products; and
                                      ``(III) are harvested in accordance 
                                  with--
                                              ``(aa) applicable law and 
                                          land management plans; and
                                              ``(bb) the requirements 
                                          for--
  
                                                      ``(AA) old-growth 
                                                  maintenance, 
                                                  restoration, and 
                                                  management direction of 
                                                  paragraphs (2), (3), 
                                                  and (4) of subsection 
                                                  (e) of section 102 of 
                                                  the Healthy Forests 
                                                  Restoration Act of 2003 
                                                  (16 U.S.C. 6512); and
  
                                                      ``(BB) large-tree 
                                                  retention of subsection 
                                                  (f) of that section; or
  
                              ``(ii) any organic matter that is available 
                          on a renewable or recurring basis from non-
                          Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or 
                          Indian tribe that is held in trust by the 
                          United States or subject to a restriction 
                          against alienation imposed by the United 
                          States, including--
                                      ``(I) renewable plant material, 
                                  including--
                                              ``(aa) feed grains;
                                              ``(bb) other agricultural 
                                          commodities;
                                              ``(cc) other plants and 
                                          trees; and
                                              ``(dd) algae; and
                                      ``(II) waste material, including--
                                              ``(aa) crop residue;
                                              ``(bb) other vegetative 
                                          waste material (including wood 
                                          waste and wood residues);
                                              ``(cc) animal waste and 
                                          byproducts (including fats, 
                                          oils, greases, and manure); and
                                              ``(dd) food waste and yard 
                                          waste.''.
              (2) Conversion assistance definition.--Section 211(s)(4) of 
          the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(s)(4)) is amended by striking 
          subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
                      ``(B) Renewable biomass.--The term `renewable 
                  biomass' has the meaning given the term in subsection 
                  (o)(1).''.
      (b) Applicability Under Other Law.--The definition of the term 
  ``renewable biomass'' under section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 
  U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) (as amended by subsection (a)(1)) shall apply in any 
  Federal law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act--
              (1) to establish a renewable electricity standard; or
              (2) to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases.
target: Amends the Clean Air Act to redefine "renewable biomass" as: (1) materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or invasive species from certain National Forest System land and public lands that are byproducts of preventive treatments that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or restore ecosystem health, that would not otherwise be used for higher-value products, and that are harvested in accordance with specified requirements for old-growth forests and large tree retention; or (2) any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from nonfederal land or land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including specified renewable plant material and waste material. Applies this definition in any federal law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act to: (1) establish a renewable electricity standard; or (2) regulate the emission of greenhouse gases.
feat_title: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify certain definitions of the term "renewable biomass", and for other purposes.