Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§8811 Biomass Energy Development Plans

Title 42 › CHAPTER 96 — BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT › § 8811

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

By 180 days after June 30, 1980, the Agriculture Secretary and the Energy Secretary must together send the President and Congress a plan to increase biomass energy. That plan must aim for at least 60,000 barrels per day of alcohol in the United States by December 31, 1982. By January 1, 1982, they must send a full plan for January 1, 1983–December 31, 1990 that aims for alcohol equal to at least 10 percent of U.S. gasoline use as the Energy Secretary estimates for 1990. Each plan must check if the goals are doable and include rules for giving financial help to increase how much motor fuel biomass energy replaces.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §8811

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Plan respecting maximized production and use by December 31, 1982; preparation, transmission, etc.

Not later than 180 days after June 30, 1980, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly prepare, and transmit to the President and the Congress, a plan for maximizing in accordance with this subchapter biomass energy production and use. Such plan shall be designed to achieve a total level of alcohol production and use within the United States of at least 60,000 barrels per day of alcohol by December 31, 1982.

(b)Comprehensive plan respecting maximized production and use from January 1, 1983, to December 31, 1990, preparation, transmission, etc.

(1)Not later than January 1, 1982, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly prepare, and transmit to the President and the Congress, a comprehensive plan for maximizing in accordance with this subchapter biomass energy production and use, for the period beginning January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1990. Such plan shall be designed to achieve a level of alcohol production within the United States equal to at least 10 percent of the level of gasoline consumption within the United States as estimated by the Secretary of Energy for the calendar year 1990.

(2)The plan prepared under this subsection shall evaluate the feasibility of reaching the goals set forth in such subsection.

(c)Required guidelines

The plans prepared under subsections (a) and (b) shall each include guidelines for use in awarding financial assistance under this subchapter which are designed to increase, during the period covered by the plan, the amount of motor fuel displaced by biomass energy.

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42 U.S.C. § 8811

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110