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[CITE: 42USC8801]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
              CHAPTER 96--BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS
 
Sec. 8801. Congressional findings

    The Congress finds that--
        (1) the dependence of the United States on imported petroleum 
    and natural gas must be reduced by all economically and 
    environmentally feasible means, including the use of biomass energy 
    resources; and
        (2) a national program for increased production and use of 
    biomass energy that does not impair the Nation's ability to produce 
    food and fiber on a sustainable basis for domestic and export use 
    must be formulated and implemented within a multiple-use framework.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 202, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 683.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 96-294 provided: ``That this Act [enacting 
chapters 95 to 97, and sections 6347, 7361 to 7364, 7371 to 7375, 8235 
to 8235i, 8281 to 8284, 8285 to 8285c, and 8286 to 8286b of this title, 
sections 1435 and 3129 of Title 7, Agriculture, sections 3601 to 3620 of 
Title 12, Banks and Banking, section 3391a of Title 15, Commerce and 
Trade, sections 1146, 1147, 1501, 1511 to 1516, 1521, 1522, 1531, 1541, 
and 1542 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, and sections 2075, 2076, 
and 2095 to 2098 of the Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, 
amending sections 6240, 6862 to 6872, 8211, 8213, 8214, 8216, 8217, 
8221, 8255, 8271, and 8274 to 8276 of this title, sections 341, 342, 
427, and 3154 of Title 7, section 7430 of Title 10, Armed Forces, 
sections 1451, 1454, 1717, 1723g, and 1723h of Title 12, section 753 of 
Title 15, sections 590h, 796, 824a-3, 824i, 824j, 1642, 2705, and 2708 
of Title 16, Conservation, sections 1141 and 1143 of Title 30, and 
sections 2062, 2091 to 2093, 2151, 2161, and 2166 of the Appendix to 
Title 50, repealing section 1723f of Title 12, and enacting provisions 
set out as notes under this section and sections 6240, 7371, 8211, 8235, 
8701, and 8901 of this title, section 3601 of Title 12, section 2701 of 
Title 16, section 1501 of Title 30, and sections 2061 and 2062 of the 
Appendix to Title 50] may be cited as the `Energy Security Act'.''
    Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 96-294 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this chapter, sections 1435 and 3129 of Title 7, 
Agriculture, and section 3391a of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and 
amending sections 341, 342, 427, and 3154 of Title 7, section 753 of 
Title 15, and sections 590h and 1642 of Title 16, Conservation] may be 
cited as the `Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980'.''
