Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Elissa Slotkin
Introduced
Summary
Expand domestic biobased manufacturing and federal procurement. This bill would strengthen USDA's BioPreferred program, create a Biobased Task Force, and set a new labeling system to grow markets for farm-based bioproducts.
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- Farmers and rural communities: It directs federal support toward products made from agricultural feedstocks like corn and soy to boost rural manufacturing and farm income. Each biobased job supports about 1.4 additional jobs.
- Federal buyers and agencies: It would require more biobased-only contracts, a price-premium framework, lifecycle and efficacy guidance for purchases, training for procurement staff within two years, and public reporting starting December 31, 2025.
- Manufacturers and consumers: It creates a formal labeling regime with defined "covered terms" for biobased and bio-attributed products, bans misuses of those labels, adds verification and public reporting, and builds on a program that lists about 15,000 biobased products with roughly 2,600 USDA-labeled items.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
USDA biobased coordination task force
If enacted, the Secretary would create a USDA Biobased Task Force to coordinate research, promotion, marketing, and analysis across USDA offices. The task force would include representatives from key USDA mission areas and designate Rural Development as the lead. It would take public input, study program opportunities, and report to Congress within three years. The task force would end four years after enactment.
New biobased labeling and enforcement rules
If enacted, the bill would make it illegal to sell or label a product with certain biobased terms unless the product meets the law's definition. The Secretary could adopt alternate label definitions for the labeling rules. The bill would add clear definitions for bioproducts, plant-based products, and biobased plastics. The Secretary would use the latest ASTM D-6866 test or follow a formal rulemaking process to set content tests. The Secretary would tell the public how to report label misuse within 120 days. The law would keep confidential business identities and proprietary data submitted during enforcement unless the Secretary or the Attorney General allows disclosure.
Stronger federal biobased purchasing rules
If enacted, federal buying systems would be updated within two years to flag biobased products and collect biobased purchase data. Agencies would get training on biobased buying within two years and must raise annual procurement targets each year. OFPP would verify compliance and post agency reporting publicly each year. The program would set price-premium rules for types of biobased products and require lifecycle and efficacy to be considered in buying decisions. USDA reports would also include greenhouse gas reductions and available lifecycle methods every five years.
Delay deadlines and shift agency lead
If enacted, the bill would replace every 2023 date in a specified subsection with 2031, extending those statutory deadlines. The bill would also make the Secretary of Commerce the lead for a named function, acting in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture. These changes take effect upon enactment.
USDA biobased marketing and donations
If enacted, the Secretary could run public outreach and marketing to promote biobased products and form public-private partnerships. The Secretary could accept private donations into a special account and use those funds without further appropriation. The agency must report by December 31, 2025 and then every year on labeled products, audits, a two-year marketing plan, and total non-Federal contributions.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Cosponsors
Joni Ernst
IA • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Pete Ricketts
NE • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
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