30 USC § 1316 - Authorization of appropriations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1316"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1316 - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1316"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
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, § 806, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 95–617, title VI, § 604(b), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3166.)"
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# § 1316. Authorization of appropriations

**(a)** For the ten institutions referred to in the last sentence of section 1311(a) of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979 (including the cost of construction, equipment, and startup expenses), and not to exceed $7,500,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and for each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending before October 1, 1984, to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

**(b)** For the three remaining institutions referred to in the last sentence of section 1311(a) of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $6,500,000 for the fiscal year 1980 (including the cost of construction, equipment, and startup expenses), and not to exceed $2,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year 1980 ending before October 1, 1984, to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–87, title VIII, § 806, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 95–617, title VI, § 604(b), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3166.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted reference to ten institutions referred to in last sentence of  and substituted provisions authorizing appropriations for each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending before , for provisions authorizing appropriations each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending , and added subsec. (b).