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42 USC § 16255 - Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s16255"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 16255 - Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "16255"
section_name: "Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Agricultural Biomass Research and Development Programs"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 946, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 883.)"
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# § 16255. Preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall make grants available on a competitive basis to enterprises owned by agricultural producers, for the purposes of demonstrating cost-effective, cellulosic biomass innovations in—

**(1)** preprocessing of feedstocks, including cleaning, separating and sorting, mixing or blending, and chemical or biochemical treatments, to add value and lower the cost of feedstock processing at a biorefinery; or

**(2)** 1-pass or other efficient, multiple crop harvesting techniques.

**(b)** **Limitations on grants**

**(1)** **Number of grants** Not more than 5 demonstration projects per fiscal year shall be funded under this section.

**(2)** **Non-Federal cost share** The non-Federal cost share of a project under this section shall be not less than 20 percent, as determined by the Secretary.

**(c)** **Condition of grant** To be eligible for a grant for a project under this section, a recipient of a grant or a participating entity shall agree to use the material harvested under the project—

**(1)** to produce ethanol; or

**(2)** for another energy purpose, such as the generation of heat or electricity.

**(d)** **Authorization for appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 946, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 883.)