Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§13434 Biofuels user facility
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 134— - ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY › Part Part B— - Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution › § 13434
Summary
Secretary must create a biofuels facility to speed adoption, including alcohol fuels from biomass, and, with qualified colleges under sections 13541 and 13542, start a program studying diesel from vegetable oils/animal fats, oilseed economics, and mobile and stationary small pressing/esterification units.
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Title 42, §13434
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(a)The Secretary shall establish a biofuels user facility to expedite industry adoption of biofuels technologies, including production of alcohol fuels from biomass.
(b)The Secretary, through such universities and colleges as the Secretary determines are qualified, shall establish a program, in accordance with section 13541 and 13542 of this title, with respect to the production and use of diesel fuels from vegetable oils or animal fats. The program shall investigate—
(1)the economic feasibility of production of oilseed crops for biofuels purposes; and
(2)the establishment of a mobile small-scale oilseed pressing and esterification unit and a stationary small-scale commercial oilseed pressing and esterification unit.
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42 U.S.C. § 13434
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73