PUBLIC LAW 99-190—DEC. 19, 1985
99 STAT. 1249
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ENERGY SECURITY RESERVE (INCLUDING RESCISSION)
Of the funds appropriated to the Energy Security Reserve by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1980, (Public Law 96-126) and subsequently made available to carry out Part B of title I of the Energy Security Act (Public Law 96294) by Public Laws 96-304, 96-514, and 98-473, the amounts available to the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation and not obligated as of the date of enactment of this Act are rescinded, except that this rescission shall not apply to (1) funds made available for Clean Coal Technology by this Act; (2) such amounts as may be necessary to make payments for synthetic fuels projects or modules for which legally binding awards or commitments for financial assistance were entered into under title I of the Energy Security Act before the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) $10,000,000 to be used to terminate the Corporation in accordance with subtitle J of the Energy Security Act: Provided, That to the extent that the Secretary of the Treasury may be required to take an action under section 131(q) of the Energy Security Act in connection with such awards or commitments, the Secretary shall complete such action within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the limitation in Public Law 98-473 on the initial use of $5,700,000,000 of such funds only for obligation to synthetic fuel projects with Letters of Intent authorized by the Board of Directors of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation on or before June 1, 1984, is hereby repealed: Provided further. That of the funds in the Energy Security Reserve prior to the date of enactment of this Act $400,000,000 shall be available for the Clean Coal Technology Program in the Department of Energy authorized under the Clean Coal Technology Reserve proviso of Public Law 98-473 for the purpose of conducting cost-shared Clean Coal Technology projects for the construction and operation of facilities to demonstrate the feasibility for future commercial applications of such technology, to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be immediately available; (2) an additional $150,000,000 shall be available beginning October 1, 1986; and (3) an additional $150,000,000 shall be available beginning October 1, 1987: Provided further. That the proviso in Public Law 98-473 depositing and retaining in the Clean Coal Technology Reserve $750,000,000 of funds in the Energy Security Reserve rescinded by said Act is amended so as to reduce the current amount of such deposited and retained funds to $350,000,000: Provided further. That notwithstanding section 191 of the Energy Security Act (Public Law 96-294), effective the date of enactment of this Act, the Board may not make any legally binding awards or commitments for financial assistance (including any changes in an existing award or commitment) pursuant to the Energy Security Act for synthetic fuel project proposals, except that nothing in this Act shall impair or alter the powers, duties, rights, obligations, privileges, or liabilities of the Corporation, its Board or Chairman, or project sponsors in the performance and completion of the terms and undertakings of a legally binding award or commitment entered into prior to the date of enactment of the Act: Provided further. That (1) within 60 days of enactment of this Act,
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