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§15965 Time Limit for Award; Extension
Title 42 › Chapter 149— NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › Subchapter IV— COAL › Part A— Clean Coal Power Initiative › § 15965
Summary
Negotiations end if a Clean Coal Power Initiative project chosen after March 11, 2009, is not awarded within 2 years; the Department keeps the Federal funds. The Secretary may extend it for delays beyond applicant’s control or public interest.
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Title 42, §15965
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If a Clean Coal Power Initiative project selected after March 11, 2009, 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, except that the time limit may be extended at the Secretary’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.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, and also as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, and not as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which comprises this chapter.
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42 U.S.C. § 15965
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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