Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§16255 Preprocessing and Harvesting Demonstration Grants

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must give competitive grants to farmer-owned firms to test cost-saving ways to process or harvest biomass for fuel. Projects test preprocessing or efficient multi-crop harvesting like 1-pass. No more than 5 projects a year may be funded. Recipients must provide 20% of costs. Congress authorized $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Harvest must be used to make ethanol or other energy like heat or electricity.

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Title 42, §16255

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(a)In general

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)

(2)1-pass or other efficient, multiple crop harvesting techniques.

(b)Limitations on grants

(1)Number of grants

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

(2)Non-Federal cost share

The 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 grant

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)Authorization for appropriations

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110