§8608. Reports

(a) Initial report

Not later than 180 days after June 20, 2000, the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly submit to Congress a report that-

(1) identifies the points of contact, the members of the Board, and the members of the Advisory Committee;

(2) describes the status of current biobased industrial product research and development efforts in both the Federal Government and private sector;

(3) includes a section prepared by the Board that establishes a set of criteria to assess the potential of biobased industrial products, which shall include for both biomass production and transformation into biobased industrial products-

(A) an energy accounting;

(B) an environmental impact assessment; and

(C) an economic assessment; and

(4) describes the research and development goals of the Initiative, including how funds will be allocated in order to accomplish those goals.

(b) Annual reports

For each fiscal year for which funds are made available to carry out this chapter, the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly submit to Congress a detailed report on-

(1) the status and progress of the Initiative, including a report from the Advisory Committee on whether funds appropriated for the Initiative have been distributed and used in a manner that-

(A) is consistent with the objectives, purposes, and additional considerations described in subsections (b) through (e) of section 8606 of this title;

(B) uses the set of criteria established under subsection (a)(3);

(C) achieves the distribution of funds described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 8606(g) of this title; and

(D) takes into account any recommendations that have been made by the Advisory Committee;

(2) the general status of cooperation and research and development efforts carried out at each agency with respect to biobased fuels and biobased products, including a report from the Advisory Committee on whether the points of contact are funding proposals that are selected under section 8606(c)(2)(C) ¹ of this title; and

(3) the plans of the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture for addressing concerns raised in the report, including concerns raised by the Advisory Committee.

(c) Updates

The Secretary and the Secretary of Energy shall update the Vision and Roadmap documents prepared for Federal biomass research and development activities.

( Pub. L. 106–224, title III, §309, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 437 ; Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, §941(f), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 878 .)

References in Text

Subsec. (c)(2)(C) of section 8606 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was repealed by Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, §941(e)(2), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 875 .

Amendments

2005-Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 109–58, §941(f)(1)(A)(i), substituted "objectives, purposes, and additional considerations described in subsections (b) through (e) of section 8606 of this title" for "purposes described in section 8606(b) of this title".

Subsec. (b)(1)(C), (D). Pub. L. 109–58, §941(f)(1)(A)(ii)–(iv), added subpar. (C) and redesignated former subpar. (C) as (D).

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–58, §941(f)(1)(B), substituted "fuels and biobased products" for "industrial products".

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–58, §941(f)(2), added subsec. (c).

¹ See References in Text note below.