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§1313 Limitation on Payments

Title 30 › Chapter 25— SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION › Subchapter VIII— UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES › § 1313

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Limits federal payments to colleges and universities for coal research labs. No school can get more than $4,000,000 for building the lab (including fixed equipment put in at the start), $1,500,000 for movable equipment put in at the start, and $500,000 for new program startup costs. It also cannot receive more than $1,500,000 per year from the federal government for operating expenses.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1313

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(a)No institutions of higher education may receive more than $4,000,000 for the construction of its coal research laboratory, including initially installed fixed equipment, nor may it receive more than $1,500,000 for initially installed movable equipment, nor may it receive more than $500,000 for new program startup expenses.
(b)No institution of higher education may receive more than $1,500,000 per year from the Federal Government for operating expenses.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1313

Title 30Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60