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30 U.S.C. § 1312 — Financial assistance
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**(a)** The Secretary of Energy is authorized to make grants to any institution of higher education designated under [section 1311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim) to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing (including the construction of such facilities as may be necessary) and maintaining a coal laboratory.
**(b)** Each institution of higher education designated pursuant to [section 1311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim) shall submit an application to the Secretary of Energy. Each such application shall—
(1) set forth the program to be conducted at the coal laboratory which includes the purposes set forth in [section 1311(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311/d&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) provide assurances that the university will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of carrying out the program set forth;
(3) provide such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds received under this subchapter;
(4) provide for making an annual report which shall include a description of the activities conducted at the coal laboratory and an evaluation of the success of such activities, and such other necessary reports in such form and containing such information as the Secretary of Energy may require, and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as may be necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and
(5) set forth such policies and procedures as will insure that Federal funds made available unde
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**(a)** The Secretary of Energy is authorized to make grants to any institution of higher education designated under [section 1311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim) to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing (including the construction of such facilities as may be necessary) and maintaining a coal laboratory.
**(b)** Each institution of higher education designated pursuant to [section 1311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim) shall submit an application to the Secretary of Energy. Each such application shall—
(1) set forth the program to be conducted at the coal laboratory which includes the purposes set forth in [section 1311(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311/d&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) provide assurances that the university will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of carrying out the program set forth;
(3) provide such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds received under this subchapter;
(4) provide for making an annual report which shall include a description of the activities conducted at the coal laboratory and an evaluation of the success of such activities, and such other necessary reports in such form and containing such information as the Secretary of Energy may require, and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as may be necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and
(5) set forth such policies and procedures as will insure that Federal funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for the purposes of the activities described in subsections (d)(1), (2), and (3) of [section 1311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim), and in no case supplant such funds.
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**(a) Designation by Secretary of Energy** The Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the National Academy of Engineering, shall designate thirteen institutions of higher education at which university coal research laboratories will be established and operated. Ten such designations shall be made as provided in subsection (e) and the remaining three shall be made in fiscal year 1980.
**(b) Criteria** In making designations under this section, the Secretary of Energy shall consider the following criteria:
(1) Those ten institutions of higher education designated as provided in subsection (e) shall be located in a State with abundant coal reserves.
(2) The institution of higher education shall have experience in coal research, expertise in several areas of coal research, and potential or currently active, outstanding programs in coal research.
(3) The institution of higher education has the capacity to establish and operate the coal laboratories to be assisted under this subchapter.
**(c) Location of coal laboratories** Not more than one coal laboratory established pursuant to this subchapter shall be located in a single State and at least one coal laboratory shall be established within each of the major coal provinces recognized by the United States Bureau of Mines, including Alaska.
**(d) Period for submission of applications for designation; contents** The Secretary of Energy shall establish a period, not in excess of ninety days after August 3, 1977, for the submission of applications for designation under this section. Any institution of higher education desiring to be designated under this subchapter shall submit an application to the Secretary of Energy in such form, at such time, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary of Ene
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1312
(c) Location of coal laboratories
Not more than one coal laboratory established
pursuant to this subchapter shall be located in a
single State and at least one coal laboratory
shall be established within each of the major
coal provinces recognized by the United States
Bureau of Mines, including Alaska.
(d) Period for submission of applications for des-
ignation; contents
The Secretary of Energy shall establish a pe-
riod, not in excess of ninety days after August 3,
1977, for the submission of applications for des-
ignation under this section. Any institution of
higher education desiring to be designated under
this subchapter shall submit an application to
the Secretary of Energy in such form, at such
time, and containing or accompanied by such in-
formation as the Secretary of Energy may rea-
sonably require. Each application shall—
(1) describe the facilities to be established
for coal energy resources and conversion re-
search and research on related environmental
problems including facilities for interdiscipli-
nary academic research projects by the com-
bined efforts of specialists such as mining en-
gineers, mineral engineers, geochemists, min-
eralogists, mineral economists, fuel scientists,
combustion engineers, mineral preparation en-
gineers, coal petrographers, geologists, chem-
ical engineers, civil engineers, mechanical en-
gineers, and ecologists;
(2) set forth a program for the establishment
of a test laboratory for coal characterization
which, in addition, may be used as a site for
the exchange of coal research activities by
representatives of private industry engaged in
coal research and characterization;
(3) set forth a program for providing re-
search and development activities f
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