42 USC § 13434 - Biofuels user facility

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13434"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 13434 - Biofuels user facility"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13434"
section_name: "Biofuels user facility"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "ENERGY POLICY"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, § 2024, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3062.)"
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# § 13434. Biofuels user facility

**(a)** The Secretary shall establish a biofuels user facility to expedite industry adoption of biofuels technologies, including production of alcohol fuels from biomass.

**(b)** The Secretary, through such universities and colleges as the Secretary determines are qualified, shall establish a program, in accordance with sections 13541 and 13542 of this title, with respect to the production and use of diesel fuels from vegetable oils or animal fats. The program shall investigate—

**(1)** the economic feasibility of production of oilseed crops for biofuels purposes; and

**(2)** the establishment of a mobile small-scale oilseed pressing and esterification unit and a stationary small-scale commercial oilseed pressing and esterification unit.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, § 2024, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3062.)