The Departmental regulation formalizing the Biobased Products and Bioenergy Coordination Council was signed by Secretary of Agriculture Anne Veneman on August 26, 2002.

The BBCC is an outgrowth of the USDA New Uses Coordination Council, which was created by the Secretary of Agriculture in 1995, renamed the Biobased Products Coordination Council (BPCC) in 1997, and formalized as the BBCC in 2002, by Departmental Regulation. Nineteen USDA offices and agencies with programs related to biobased products and or Bioenergy participate in BBCC activities.