123STA T .6 16 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9Init i a ti ve, an dFu tu r e G en, b utn o tre q uired b y t h e D e p art m ent to meet it s ob l i g ations on pro j e c ts selected under such solicitations, may be utili z ed f or the C lean Coal P o w er Initiative R ound III solicitation under this A ct in accordance with the requirements of this Act rather than the Acts under which the funds were appropriated
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d fu r th er, T hat no Clean Coal Power Initiative project may be selected for which full funding is not available to provide for the total project: Provided further , That if a Clean Coal Power Initiative project selected after enactment of this legisla - tion for negotiation under this or any other Act in any fiscal year, is not awarded within 2 years from the date the application was selected, negotiations shall cease and the Federal funds committed to the application shall be retained by the Department for future coal-related research, development and demonstration projects, e x cept that the time limit may be extended at the S ecretary ’ s discretion for matters outside the control of the applicant, or if the Secretary determines that extension of the time limit is in the public interest: Provided further, That the Secretary may not delegate this responsibility for applications greater than $10 ,000,000: Provided further, That financial assistance for costs in excess of those estimated as of the date of award of original Clean Coal Power Initiative financial assistance may not be pro- vided in excess of the proportion of costs borne by the Government in the original agreement and shall be limited to 2 5 percent of the original financial assistance: Provided further, That funds shall be expended in accordance with the provisions governing the use of funds contained under the heading ‘ ‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in 4 2 U. S.C. 5 9 0 3 d as well as those contained under the heading ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in prior appropriations: Provided further, That any technology selected under these programs shall be consid- ered a Clean Coal Technology, and any project selected under these programs shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology Project, for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. 76 51n, and chapters 51, 52, and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That funds available for the Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III Funding O pportunity Announcement may be used to support any technology that meets the requirements of the Round III Announcement relating to carbon capture and storage or other beneficial uses of CO 2 , without regard to the 70 and 30 percent funding allocations specified in section 402 ( b ) (1)(A) and 402(b)(2)(A) of Public L aw 109 – 5 8
- Provided further, That no part of the sum
herein made available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $43,864,150 shall be used for projects specified in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Fossil E nergy Projects’’ in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). NAV A L P ETRO LE UM A ND O I LS H ALE RE S ERVES For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $19,099,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds Deadlin e .42USC1596 5.
