Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security
§ 17031. Biodiesel
Statutory text
Biodiesel study
Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall submit to Congress a report on any research and development challenges inherent in increasing the proportion of diesel fuel sold in the United States that is biodiesel.
Material for the establishment of standards
The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in consultation with the Secretary, shall make publicly available the physical property data and characterization of biodiesel and other biofuels as appropriate.
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 Independence and Security Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–140 title II § 221 · 121 Stat. 1492
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 17031
(Pub. L. 110–140, title II, § 221, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1533.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–140, title II, § 221, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1533.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 221. BIODIESEL. (a) Biodiesel Study.— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall submit to Congress a report on any research and development challenges inherent in increasing the proportion of diesel fuel sold in the United States that is biodiesel. (b) Material for the Establishment of Standards.— The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in consultation with the Secretary, shall make publicly available the physical property data and characterization of biodiesel and other biofuels as appropriate.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after , see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.