UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. HOUSE. COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE. SUB- H.R. 2819, BIOMASS RESEARCH AND HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION OCTOBER 28, 1999 No. 106-74 Printed for the use of the Committee on Science U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin, Chairman SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland KEN CALVERT, California ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois CHRIS CANNON, Utah KEVIN BRADY, Texas MERRILL COOK, Utah GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California BART GORDON, Tennessee EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California ZOE LOFGREN, California MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina NICK LAMPSON, Texas JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut MARK UDALL, Colorado GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington DAVID WU, Oregon FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma MARK GREEN, Wisconsin STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL, California GARY G. MILLER, California JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois MARSHALL “MARK” SANFORD, South JACK METCALF, Washington ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL, Pennsylvania DENNIS MOORE, Kansas K=27 CONTENTS October 28, 1999-H.R. 2819, Biomass Research and Development Act of 1999 and H.R. 2827, National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act of Opening Statement by Representative Ken Calvert (CA-43), Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science, Opening Statement by Representative Thomas W. Ewing (IL-15), Mem- ber, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science, Opening Statement by Representative Sherwood L. Boehlert (NY-23), Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives Opening Statement by Representative Jerry F. Costello (IL-12), Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Com- mittee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives Opening Statement by Representative Mark Udall (CO-2), Member, Com- mittee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives Opening Statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX–30), Member, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives Text of H.R. 2819, Biomass Research and Development Act of 1999 H.R. 2819, Section by Section Analysis Text of H.R. 2827, National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act of Text of S. 935, as passed by Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Senate Report 106-179, to accompany S. 935 Panel: The Honorable Dan W. Reicher, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency The Honorable I. Miley Gonzalez, Under Secretary for Research, Edu- cation and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture; accompanied by Roger Conway, Office of Chief Economist; Don Erbach, Agricultural Dr. Bruce Dale, Co-Chair, Committee on Bio-Based Industrial Products, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East 195 |