Sec. 273. natural gas priorities
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## Sec. 273 natural gas priorities For the purposes of section 401 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–621), the term “**essential agricultural use**” shall— ####
(1)include use of natural gas in sugar refining for production of alcohol; ####
(2)include use of natural gas for agricultural production on set-aside acreage or acreage diverted from the production of a commodity (as provided under the Agricultural Act of 1949) to be devoted to the production of any commodity for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuel or other fuels; and ####
(3)for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, include use of natural gas in the distillation of fuel-grade alcohol from food grains or other biomass by facilities in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act which do not have the installed capability to burn coal lawfully. **[**[15 U.S.C. 3391a](/us/usc/t15/s3391a)**]**
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