2012 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 149 - NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS (§§ 15801 - 16538)
Subchapter IX - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 16181 - 16378)
Part D - Agricultural Biomass Research and Development Programs (§§ 16251 - 16256)
Section 16255 - Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 149 - NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER IX - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Part D - Agricultural Biomass Research and Development Programs Sec. 16255 - Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants |
Contains | section 16255 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-58, title IX, §946, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 883. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 119 Stat. 883 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 109-58 |
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The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall make grants available on a competitive basis to enterprises owned by agricultural producers, for the purposes of demonstrating cost-effective, cellulosic biomass innovations in—
(1) preprocessing of feedstocks, including cleaning, separating and sorting, mixing or blending, and chemical or biochemical treatments, to add value and lower the cost of feedstock processing at a biorefinery; or
(2) 1-pass or other efficient, multiple crop harvesting techniques.
(b) Limitations on grants (1) Number of grantsNot more than 5 demonstration projects per fiscal year shall be funded under this section.
(2) Non-Federal cost shareThe non-Federal cost share of a project under this section shall be not less than 20 percent, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Condition of grantTo be eligible for a grant for a project under this section, a recipient of a grant or a participating entity shall agree to use the material harvested under the project—
(1) to produce ethanol; or
(2) for another energy purpose, such as the generation of heat or electricity.
(d) Authorization for appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, §946, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 883.)
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