Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 60 — Natural Gas Policy
§ 3391a. “Essential agricultural use” defined
Statutory text
For the purposes of section 3391 of this title, the term “essential agricultural use” shall—
include use of natural gas in sugar refining for production of alcohol;
include use of natural gas for agricultural production on set-aside acreage or acreage diverted from the production of a commodity (as provided under the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.]) to be devoted to the production of any commodity for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuel or other fuels; and
for the 5-year period beginning on , include use of natural gas in the distillation of fuel-grade alcohol from food grains or other biomass by facilities in existence on , which do not have the installed capability to burn coal lawfully.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Security Act
Pub. L. 96–294 title II § 273 · 94 Stat. 611
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3391a
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 273, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 711.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 273, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 711.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 273. natural gas priorities For the purposes of section 401 of the Natural Gas Policy Essential agricultural use. 15 USC 3391a. 15 USC 3391. Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–621), the term “essential agricultural use shall— (1) include use of natural gas in sugar refining for production of alcohol; (2) include use of natural gas for agricultural production on set-aside acreage or acreage diverted from the production of a commodity (as provided under the Agricultural Act of 1949) to be 7 USC 1421 note. devoted to the production of any commodity for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuel or other fuels; and (3) for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, include use of natural gas in the distillation of fuel-grade alcohol from food grains or other biomass by facilities in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act which do not have the installed capability to burn coal lawfully.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in par. (2), is act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, which is classified principally to chapter 35A (§ 1421 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1421 of Title 7 and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980 which is title II of the Energy Security Act, and not as part of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.