(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with re-
spect to National Forest System lands; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior with re-
spect to Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior and Indian lands. 
(c) BIOMASS COMMERCIAL USE GRANT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 
may make grants to any person that owns or oper-
ates a facility that uses biomass as a raw material 
to produce electric energy, sensible heat, transpor-
tation fuels, or substitutes for petroleum-based prod-
ucts to offset the costs incurred to purchase biomass 
for use by such facility. 
(2) GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant under this sub-
section may not exceed $20 per green ton of biomass 
delivered. 
(3) MONITORING OF GRANT RECIPIENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—As a condition of a grant under this sub-
section, the grant recipient shall keep such records 
as the Secretary concerned may require to fully and 
correctly disclose the use of the grant funds and all 
transactions involved in the purchase of biomass. 
Upon notice by a representative of the Secretary 
concerned, the grant recipient shall afford the rep-
resentative reasonable access to the facility that pur-
chases or uses biomass and an opportunity to exam-
ine the inventory and records of the facility. 
(d) IMPROVED BIOMASS USE GRANT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 
may make grants to persons to offset the cost of 
projects to develop or research opportunities to im-
prove the use of, or add value to, biomass. In mak-
ing such grants, the Secretary concerned shall give 
preference to persons in preferred communities. 
(2) SELECTION.—The Secretary concerned shall 
select a grant recipient under paragraph (1) after 
giving consideration to the anticipated public bene-
fits of the project, including the potential to develop 
thermal or electric energy resources or affordable en-
ergy, opportunities for the creation or expansion of 
small businesses and micro-businesses, and the po-
tential for new job creation. 
(3) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant under this sub-
section may not exceed $500,000. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2006 through 2016 to carry out this 
section. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2012, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Interior, shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives a report describing the results 
of the grant programs authorized by this section. The re-
port shall include the following: 
(1) An identification of the size, type, and the 
use of biomass by persons that receive grants under 
this section. 
(2) The distance between the land from which 
the biomass was removed and the facility that used 
the biomass. 
(3) The economic impacts, particularly new job 
creation, resulting from the grants to and operation 
of the eligible operations. 
SEC. 207. BIOBASED PRODUCTS. 
Section 9002(c)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102(c)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or such items that comply with the regula-
tions issued under section 103 of Public Law 100–556 (42 
U.S.C. 6914b–1)’’ after ‘‘practicable’’.
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SEC. 208. RENEWABLE ENERGY SECURITY. 
(a) WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE.—Section 415(c) 
of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 
U.S.C. 6865(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘in paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$2,500 per 
dwelling unit average provided in paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘dwelling unit averages provided in 
paragraphs (1) and (4)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The expenditure of financial assistance provided 
under this part for labor, weatherization materials, and 
related matters for a renewable energy system shall not 
exceed an average of $3,000 per dwelling unit. 
‘‘(5)(A) The Secretary shall by regulations—
‘‘(i) establish the criteria which are to be used 
in prescribing performance and quality standards 
under paragraph (6)(A)(ii) or in specifying any form 
of renewable energy under paragraph (6)(A)(i)(I); 
and 
‘‘(ii) establish a procedure under which a manu-
facturer of an item may request the Secretary to 
certify that the item will be treated, for purposes of 
this paragraph, as a renewable energy system.