119 STAT. 874
PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
‘‘(6) DEMONSTRATION.—The term ‘demonstration’ means demonstration of technology in a pilot plant or semi-works scale facility.’’; and (5) by striking paragraph (9) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) and inserting the following: ‘‘(9) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘National Laboratory’ has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.’’ (b) COOPERATION AND COORDINATION IN BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 304 of the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–224; 7 U.S.C. 8101 note) is amended— (1) in subsections (a) and (d), by striking ‘‘industrial products’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘fuels and biobased products’’; (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b). (c) BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD.—Section 305 of the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–224; 7 U.S.C. 8101 note) is amended— (1) in subsections (a) and (c), by striking ‘‘industrial products’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘fuels and biobased products’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘304(d)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘304(b)(1)(B)’’; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘304(d)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘304(b)(1)(A)’’; and (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(3) ensure that— ‘‘(A) solicitations are open and competitive with awards made annually; and ‘‘(B) objectives and evaluation criteria of the solicitations are clearly stated and minimally prescriptive, with no areas of special interest; and ‘‘(4) ensure that the panel of scientific and technical peers assembled under section 307(g)(1)(C) to review proposals is composed predominantly of independent experts selected from outside the Departments of Agriculture and Energy.’’. (d) BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 306 of the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–224; 7 U.S.C. 8101 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘biobased industrial products’’ and inserting ‘‘biofuels’’; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (J) as subparagraphs (C) through (K), respectively; (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: ‘‘(B) an individual affiliated with the biobased industrial and commercial products industry;’’;
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