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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part A · Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security

§ 17256. University based research and development grant program

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

The Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate agencies, shall establish a university based research and development program to study carbon capture and sequestration using the various types of coal.

(b)

Rural and agricultural institutions

The Secretary shall give special consideration to rural or agricultural based institutions in areas that have regional sources of coal and that offer interdisciplinary programs in the area of environmental science to study carbon capture and sequestration.

(c)

Authorization of appropriations

There are to be authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007

    Pub. L. 110–140 title VII § 708 · 121 Stat. 1492

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 17256

    (Pub. L. 110–140, title VII, § 708, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1710.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 110–140, title VII, § 708, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1710.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 708. UNIVERSITY BASED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Establishment.— The Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate agencies, shall establish a university based research and development program to study carbon capture and sequestration using the various types of coal. (b) Rural and Agricultural Institutions.— The Secretary shall give special consideration to rural or agricultural based institutions in areas that have regional sources of coal and that offer interdisciplinary programs in the area of environmental science to study carbon capture and sequestration. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are to be authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after , see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

Credits

(Pub. L. 110–140, title VII, § 708, , 121 Stat. 1710.)

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