42 USC § 17256 - University based research and development grant program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s17256"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 17256 - University based research and development grant program"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "17256"
section_name: "University based research and development grant program"
chapter_number: 152
chapter_name: "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research, Development, and Demonstration"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–140, title VII, § 708, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1710.)"
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# § 17256. University based research and development grant program

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–140, title VII, § 708, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1710.)

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