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[CITE: 7USC3154]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
     SUBCHAPTER III--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS AND 
                               FELLOWSHIPS
 
Sec. 3154. Grants for research on production and marketing of 
        alcohols and industrial hydrocarbons from agricultural 
        commodities and forest products
        

(a) Authority of Secretary

    The Secretary may award grants under this section to colleges, 
universities, and Federal laboratories for the purpose of conducting 
research related to--
        (1) alcohol fuels, including ethanol and methanol or their 
    ethers;
        (2) industrial oilseed crops for diesel fuel and petrochemical 
    substitutes;
        (3) other forms of biomass fuels, including gaseous and solid 
    fuels;
        (4) other industrial hydrocarbons made from agricultural 
    commodities and forest products; and
        (5) the development of the most economical and commercially 
    feasible means of producing, collecting, and transporting 
    agricultural crops, wastes, residues, and byproducts for use as 
    feedstocks for the production of alcohol and other forms of biomass 
    energy and the development of new markets for byproducts.

(b) Set aside of funds for certain grant projects

    Of the amounts appropriated in any fiscal year pursuant to the 
authorization contained in subsection (d) of this section, not less than 
50 percent of those amounts shall be made available for grants for 
research relating to the development of technologies for increasing the 
energy efficiency and commercial feasibility of alcohol production, 
including--
        (1) processes of cellulose conversion and membrane technology,
        (2) research to improve the quality and value of byproducts to 
    increase digestibility and performance of livestock, poultry, and 
    fish, and
        (3) development of new markets for byproducts.

(c) Minority groups

    The Secretary may set aside a portion of funds appropriated for the 
award of grants under this section and make such amounts available only 
for grants to eligible colleges and universities that the Secretary 
determines have unique capabilities for achieving the objective of full 
participation of minority groups in research on the production and 
marketing of alcohols and industrial hydrocarbons from agricultural 
commodities and forest products.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying 
out this section $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 
2002.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1419, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 997; 
Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 252, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 705; Pub. L. 
97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1422, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1306; Pub. L. 101-
624, title XVI, Sec. 1609(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3718; Pub. L. 
102-237, title IV, Sec. 402(7), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1863; Pub. L. 
104-127, title VIII, Sec. 806, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1162; Pub. L. 
105-185, title III, Sec. 301(a)(2), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 562.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-185 substituted ``2002'' for 
``1997''.
    1996--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``1997'' for 
``1995''.
    1991--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``subsection (d)'' 
for ``subsection (c)''.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-624 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for provisions which authorized grants to conduct 
research related to production and marketing of coal tar and other coal 
derivatives, alcohol and other forms of biomass energy, and other 
industrial hydrocarbons made from agricultural commodities and forest 
products, authorized appropriations for such activities, and defined 
terms ``biomass'', ``biomass energy'', and ``municipal wastes''.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-98 inserted reference to Federal 
laboratories in two places, extended authorization of appropriations 
through fiscal years ending September 30, 1985, in first proviso, 
substituted ``$40,000,000 during the eight-year period beginning October 
1, 1977, and shall not exceed such sums as may be authorized by law for 
any fiscal year subsequent to such period'' for ``$24,000,000 during the 
five-year period beginning October 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 
1982, and not in excess of such sums as may after September 29, 1977, be 
authorized by law for any subsequent fiscal year'', and in second 
proviso, increased maximum amount awardable from $3,000,000 to 
$5,000,000.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-294 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted provisions relating to grants to Government corporations for 
conducting research in production and marketing of agricultural 
chemicals, etc., and provisions relating to authority to conduct 
research under paragraph (2) and authorizations of appropriations for 
grants to conduct such research, substituted ``subsection'' for 
``section'' wherever appearing, substituted ``and other forms of biomass 
energy as substitutes for petroleum or natural gas'' for ``made from 
agricultural commodities and forest products as a substitute for alcohol 
made from petroleum products'', in par. (2), and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3311 of this title; title 42 
section 8852.
