HR 2428
110th Congress
House
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
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: May 22, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
May 22, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 22, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1