Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§16255 Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 149— - NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › Part Part D— - Agricultural Biomass Research and Development Programs › § 16255

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must run a competitive grant program for businesses owned by agricultural producers to test cheaper ways to handle cellulosic biomass. Grants can pay for better preprocessing of plant feedstock (for example cleaning, sorting, mixing, or chemical/biochemical treatment) or for 1‑pass or other efficient multi‑crop harvesting methods. No more than 5 projects can be funded each fiscal year. Grant recipients must provide at least 20% of project costs from non‑Federal sources and must agree to use the harvested material to make ethanol or for other energy uses such as heat or electricity. Congress authorized $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

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Title 42, §16255

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(a)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)(1)Not more than 5 demonstration projects per fiscal year shall be funded under this section.

(2)The non-Federal cost share of a project under this section shall be not less than 20 percent, as determined by the Secretary.

(c)To 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)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

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42 U.S.C. § 16255

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73