Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§5915a Expiration of Initial Authorization to Construct Fossil Energy Demonstration Plants
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Regardless of other laws, an initial authorization to build a fossil energy demonstration plant expires after three full fiscal years from enactment, unless funds are provided before then or Congress extends it.
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Title 42, §5915a
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Notwithstanding any other applicable provision of law, the initial authorization in this Act or any other Act heretofore or hereafter enacted to construct, pursuant to section 5907 of this title, any fossil energy demonstration plant shall expire at the end of the three full fiscal years following the date of enactment of such authorization, unless (1) funds to construct each such plant are appropriated or otherwise provided pursuant to applicable law prior thereto, or (2) such authorization period is extended by specific Act of Congress hereafter enacted.
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This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 95–39, June 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 180. The provisions of this Act relating to an initial authorization for
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pursuant to section 5907 of this title are not classified to the Code. Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
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42 U.S.C. § 5915a
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102