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42 U.S.C. § 15974 — Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project
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**(a) In general** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall carry out a project to demonstrate production of energy from coal mined in the western United States using integrated gasification combined cycle technology (referred to in this section as the “demonstration project”).
**(b) Components** The demonstration project—
(1) may include repowering of existing facilities;
(2) shall be designed to demonstrate the ability to use coal with an energy content of not more than 9,000 Btu/lb.; and
(3) shall be capable of removing and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions.
**(c) All types of western coals** Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent economically feasible, the demonstration project shall also be designed to demonstrate the ability to use a variety of types of coal (including subbituminous and bituminous coal with an energy content of up to 13,000 Btu/lb.) mined in the western United States.
**(d) Location** The demonstration project shall be located in a western State at an altitude of greater than 4,000 feet above sea level.
**(e) Cost sharing** The Federal share of the cost of the demonstration project shall be determined in accordance with [section 16352 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16352&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(f) Loan guarantees** Notwithstanding subchapter XIII, the demonstration project shall not be eligible for Federal loan guarantees.
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**(a) In general** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall carry out a project to demonstrate production of energy from coal mined in the western United States using integrated gasification combined cycle technology (referred to in this section as the “demonstration project”).
**(b) Components** The demonstration project—
(1) may include repowering of existing facilities;
(2) shall be designed to demonstrate the ability to use coal with an energy content of not more than 9,000 Btu/lb.; and
(3) shall be capable of removing and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions.
**(c) All types of western coals** Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent economically feasible, the demonstration project shall also be designed to demonstrate the ability to use a variety of types of coal (including subbituminous and bituminous coal with an energy content of up to 13,000 Btu/lb.) mined in the western United States.
**(d) Location** The demonstration project shall be located in a western State at an altitude of greater than 4,000 feet above sea level.
**(e) Cost sharing** The Federal share of the cost of the demonstration project shall be determined in accordance with [section 16352 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16352&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(f) Loan guarantees** Notwithstanding subchapter XIII, the demonstration project shall not be eligible for Federal loan guarantees.
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**(a) General rule** To the extent practicable, the head of each agency shall provide that the obligation of not less than 10 percent of the total combined amounts obligated for contracts and subcontracts by each agency under this Act and amendments made by this Act pursuant to competitive procedures within the meaning of either division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, or chapter 137 legacy provisions (as such term is defined in [section 3016 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3016&num=0&edition=prelim)), shall be expended either with—
(1) small business concerns controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or women;
(2) historically Black colleges and universities;
(3) colleges and universities having a student body in which more than 20 percent of the students are Hispanic Americans or Native Americans; or
(4) qualified HUBZone small business concerns.
**(b) Definitions** For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) The term “small business concern” has the meaning such term has under [section 632 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section632&num=0&edition=prelim). However, for purposes of contracts and subcontracts requiring engineering services the applicable size standard shall be that established for military and aerospace equipment and military weapons.
(2) The term “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals” has the meaning such term has under [section 637(d) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section637/d&num=0&edition=prelim) and relevant subcontracting regulations promulgated pursuant
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**(a) In general** The Secretary is authorized to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to individuals that is designed to recruit and prepare students for careers in the Department and National Laboratories.
**(b) Service requirement** The Secretary may require that an individual receiving a scholarship under this section serve as a full-time employee of the Department or a National Laboratory for a fixed period in return for receiving the scholarship.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 15976
(2) Clean coal technology plant
The term ‘‘clean coal technology plant’’
means the plant located near Healy, Alaska,
constructed under Department cooperative
agreement number DE–FC–22–91PC90544.
(3) Cost of a direct loan
The term ‘‘cost of a direct loan’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 661a(5)(B) of
title 2.
(b) Authorization
Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall
use amounts made available under subsection (e)
to provide the cost of a direct loan to the bor-
rower for purposes of placing the clean coal
technology plant into reliable operation for the
generation of electricity.
(c) Requirements
(1) Maximum loan amount
The amount of the direct loan provided
under
subsection
(b)
shall
not
exceed
$80,000,000.
(2) Determinations by Secretary
Before providing the direct loan to the bor-
rower under subsection (b), the Secretary shall
determine that—
(A) the plan of the borrower for placing the
clean coal technology plant in reliable oper-
ation has a reasonable prospect of success;
(B) the amount of the loan (when com-
bined with amounts available to the bor-
rower from other sources) will be sufficient
to carry out the project; and
(C) there is a reasonable prospect that the
borrower will repay the principal and inter-
est on the loan.
(3) Interest; term
The direct loan provided under subsection
(b) shall bear interest at a rate and for a term
that the Secretary determines appropriate,
after consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, taking into account the needs and
capacities of the borrower and the prevailing
rate of interest for similar loans made by pub-
lic and private lenders.
(4) Additional terms and conditions
The Secretary may require any oth
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