42 U.S.C. § 8811 — Biomass energy development plans

(a) Plan respecting maximized production and use by December 31, 1982: No later than 180 days after June 30, 1980, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy had to jointly prepare, and send the President and Congress, a plan to maximize biomass energy production and use under this subchapter. The plan had to aim for total U.S. alcohol production and use of at least 60,000 barrels a day by December 31, 1982. (b) Comprehensive plan respecting maximized production and use from January 1, 1983, to December 31, 1990: (1) No later than January 1, 1982, the two Secretaries had to jointly prepare, and send the President and Congress, a comprehensive plan to maximize biomass energy production and use under this subchapter, covering January 1, 1983, through December 31, 1990. That plan had to aim for U.S. alcohol production equal to at least 10 percent of the gasoline the Secretary of Energy estimated the country would use in 1990. (2) The plan also had to evaluate whether reaching those goals was actually feasible. (c) Required guidelines: The plans prepared under (a) and (b) each had to include guidelines for awarding financial assistance under this subchapter, designed to increase — over the period each plan covers — how much motor fuel gets displaced by biomass energy.