The Biomass Research and Development Board is responsible for coordinating Federal activities in order to promote development and adoption of biobased fuels and biobased products.

The Biomass Board was created by Congress in 2000 and is co-chaired by USDA and DOE. With input from its Technical Advisory Committee, the Biomass Board advises USDA and DOE in implementing the Biomass R&D Initiative.  The Initiative consists of loans and grants made through the Section 9008 and other programs.

The Biomass Board is co-chaired by:

			Undersecretary for Research, Education, and Economics, USDA
			Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE

The members of the Biomass Board are:

			Deputy Under Secretary for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, Department of Defense
			Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy
			Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior
			Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Transportation
			Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency
			Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce
			Director, National Science Foundation
			Federal Environmental Executive, Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
			Office of Management and Budget
			Associate Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
			Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Department of the Treasury
			Under Secretary for Rural Development, Department of Agriculture

Other Federal organizations also attend Biomass Board meetings as Observers, including:

			White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
			U.S. Department of State
			U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

In October 2008, the Biomass Board released a National Biofuels Action Plan (PDF 4.2 MB) which outlined areas in which interagency cooperation will make it possible for industry to deploy advanced technologies in the market and achieve significant production scale within 15 years.