99 STAT. 1252
PUBLIC LAW 99-190—DEC. 19, 1985 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and development activities, under the authority of the Department of 42 USC 7101 Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisinote tion of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, $312,848,000, to remain available until expended, of which $535,000 is for the functions of the Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System established pursuant to the authority of Public Law 94-586 (90 Stat. 15 USC 719 note. 2908-2909), and $8,230,000 to be derived by transfer from unobligated balances in the "Fossil energy construction" account, $2,010,000 to be derived by transfer from the account entitled "Alternative fuels production", of which $200,000 is derived from 97 Stat. 919. Public Law 98-146 for a wood pellet gasifier facility, and $2,775,000 to be derived by transfer from amounts derived from fees for guarantees of obligations collected pursuant to section 19 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5919), and deposited in the "Energy security 93 Stat. 970. reserve" established by Public Law 96-126: Provided, 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 notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro96 Stat. 1966. priated under this head in Public Law 97-394 for a Western Hemisphere alternative fuels facility feeisibility study, which remain unobligated, shall be available for carrying out any fossil energy research and development activities: Provided further, That $15,000,000 of the sum provided under this heading shall be available for demonstration of the Kilngeis coal gasification process, with the provision that the United States Treasury shall be repaid up to double the total Federal expenditure for such process from proceeds to the participants from the commercial sale, lease, manufacture, or use of such process. Of the funds herein provided, $29,000,000 is for implementation of the June, 1984 multiyear, cost-shared magnetohydrodynamics program targeted on proof-of-concept testing: Provided further. That 10 per centum private sector cash or in-kind contributions shall be required for obligations incurred in fiscal year 1986, 20 per centum private sector cash or in-kind contributions shall be required for obligations in fiscal year 1987, and for each subsequent fiscal year's obligations private sector contributions shall increase by 5 per centum over the life of the proof-of-concept plan: Provided further. That existing facilities, equipment, and supplies, or previously expended research or development funds are not cost-sharing for the purposes of this appropriation, except as amortized, depreciated, or expensed in normal business practice: Provided further. That costsharing shall not be required for the costs of constructing or operating government-owned facilities or for the costs of Government organizations. National Laboratories, or universities and such costs shall not be used in calculating the required percentage for private sector contributions: Provided further, That private sector contribution percentages need not be met on each contract but must be met in total for each fiscal year.
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