3.0.0 2428 2023-01-11T16:03:24Z 2023-01-11T16:03:24Z House H HR 2007-05-22 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T13:05:51Z Referred to 2007-05-22T13:11:15Z 2007-06-26 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2007-05-22 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2007-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000063 Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17] CHET EDWARDS D TX 17 N L000043 Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22] NICK LAMPSON D TX 22 2007-05-22 True C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20] Jim Costa D CA 20 2007-05-22 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural colleges Agricultural research Alternative energy sources Biomass energy Economics and Public Finance Education Energy Energy crops Energy research Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Higher education Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Agriculture and Food 00 2007-05-22 Introduced in House 2007-07-02T20:59:52Z Biofuels Research Initiative Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish grants to the lead land grant university for each regional consortium.

Prescribes the use of such grants. Requires each regional university consortium to provide competitive grants to Agricultural and Land Grant colleges and universities in the region of the consortium.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Bio Energy Consortium led by five universities meeting specified criteria, which shall be responsible to identify talents and expertise that contribute to advancing biomass for energy.

]]> To enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs through improved coordination and collaboration between the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and land-grant colleges and universities, and for other purposes. Display Title To enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs through improved coordination and collaboration between the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and land-grant colleges and universities, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs through improved coordination and collaboration between the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and land-grant colleges and universities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Biofuels Research Initiative Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2428ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2428ih.xml 2007-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.