To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes.

Action history

1. 2004-09-29Committee Hearings Held.
2. 2003-04-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
3. 2003-04-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
4. 2003-04-07Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
5. 2003-04-02Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
6. 2003-04-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
7. 2003-04-01Introduced in House
8. 2003-04-01Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
9. 2003-04-01Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
10. 2003-04-01Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.