Related Information

The work and knowledge of biomass research and development goes well beyond the Biomass Research and Development (BR&D) Board, the BR&D Technical Advisory Committee, and the BR&D Initiative.

• Major activities of the federal agencies that make up the BR&D Board are detailed in Agency Roles and Responsibilities, as is one of the U.S. president's major efforts, the Biofuels Interagency Working Group.
• Drivers for many recent federal biomass research and development activities stem from legislation such the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as well as the The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 or the Agricultural Act of 2014.