30 USC § 1313 - Limitation on payments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1313"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1313 - Limitation on payments"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1313"
section_name: "Limitation on payments"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–87, title VIII, § 803, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 528.)"
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# § 1313. Limitation on payments

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–87, title VIII, § 803, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 528.)