Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§13434 Biofuels User Facility
Title 42 › Chapter 134— ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter VIII— REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY › Part B— Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution › § 13434
Summary
Secretary must create a biofuels user facility to speed use of biofuels, including alcohol from biomass, and with qualified colleges under sections 13541 and 13542 study diesel from vegetable oils or animal fats, oilseed crop economics, and small mobile and stationary oilseed pressing-and-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 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60