Code is amended by striking alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures and inserting alcohol fuel mixtures, biodiesel production, and alternative fuel mixtures . (B) The item relating to section 6426 in the table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of such Code is amended by striking alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures and inserting alcohol fuel mixtures, biodiesel production, and alternative fuel mixtures . (c) Excise payments Subsection (e) of section 6427 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by striking or the biodiesel mixture credit in paragraph (1), (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) Biodiesel production credit If any person produces biodiesel and sells or uses such biodiesel as provided in section 6426(c)(1), the Secretary shall pay (without interest) to such person an amount equal to the biodiesel production credit with respect to such biodiesel. , (3) by striking paragraph (1) or (2) each place it appears in paragraphs (4) and (6), as redesignated by paragraph (2), and inserting paragraph (1), (2), or (3) , (4) by striking alternative fuel each place it appears in paragraphs (4) and (6), as redesignated by paragraph (2), and inserting fuel , and (5) in paragraph (7)(B), as redesignated by paragraph (2)— (A) by striking biodiesel mixture (as defined in section 6426(c)(3)) and inserting biodiesel (within the meaning of section 40A) , and (B) by striking December 31, 2016 and inserting December 31, 2020 . (d) Guidance Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary's delegate, shall issue preliminary guidance with respect to the amendments made by this section. (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2016. (f) Special rule for 2017 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any