Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§9009 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 42 › CHAPTER 98 — OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › § 9009

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows money for programs under this chapter: $20,000,000 for operating expenses for the year ending September 30, 1981 (in addition to amounts authorized under section 7270), and $60,000,000 for operating expenses for the year ending September 30, 1982. Also provides funds for Project 81–ES–1 (ocean thermal energy conversion demonstration plants totaling at least 100 megawatts, sites to be determined) for conceptual and preliminary design — $5,000,000 for FY1981 and $25,000,000 for FY1982.

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Title 42, §9009

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter the sum of $20,000,000 for operating expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, in addition to any amounts authorized to be appropriated in the fiscal year 1981 Authorization Act pursuant to section 7270 of this title.

(b)There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter the sum of $60,000,000 for operating expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.

(c)Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the purposes of section 9004 of this title for plant and capital equipment as follows: Project 81–ES–1, ocean thermal energy conversion demonstration plants with a combined capacity of at least one hundred megawatts electrical or the energy product equivalent, sites to be determined, conceptual and preliminary design activities only $5,000,000.

(d)Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the purposes of section 9004 of this title for plant and capital equipment as follows: Project 81–ES–1, ocean thermal energy conversion demonstration plants with a combined capacity of at least one hundred megawatts electrical or the energy product equivalent, sites to be determined, conceptual and preliminary design activities only $25,000,000.

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42 U.S.C. § 9009

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110