Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§17256 University Based Research and Development Grant Program
Title 42 › CHAPTER 152 — ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER VI — CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION › Part A — Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research, Development, and Demonstration › § 17256
Summary
The Secretary must, with other agencies, create a university research and development program to study carbon capture and storage from various coal types, favor rural/agricultural colleges in coal regions with interdisciplinary environmental programs, and authorize $10,000,000.
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Title 42, §17256
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Establishment
The Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate agencies, shall establish a university based research and development program to study carbon capture and sequestration using the various types of coal.
(b)Rural and agricultural institutions
The Secretary shall give special consideration to rural or agricultural based institutions in areas that have regional sources of coal and that offer interdisciplinary programs in the area of environmental science to study carbon capture and sequestration.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
There are to be authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.
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Effective Date
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 17256
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110