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43 USC § 50e - USGS energy and minerals research facility 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s50e"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 50e - USGS energy and minerals research facility"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "50e"
section_name: "USGS energy and minerals research facility"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title II, § 40204, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 960.)"
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# § 50e. USGS energy and minerals research facility

**1** **Establishment** [^1]

The Director of the United States Geological Survey (referred to in this section as the “Director”), shall fund, through a cooperative agreement with an academic partner, the design, construction, and tenant build-out of a facility to support energy and minerals research and appurtenant associated structures.

So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

**(b)** **Ownership** The United States Geological Survey shall retain ownership of the facility and associated structures described in subsection (a).

**(c)** **Agreements** The Director may enter into agreements with, and to collect and expend funds or in-kind contributions from, academic, Federal, State, or other tenants over the life of the facility described in subsection (a) for the purposes of—

**(1)** facility planning;

**(2)** design;

**(3)** maintenance;

**(4)** operation; or

**(5)** facility improvements.

**(d)** **Leases** The Director may enter into a lease or other agreement with the academic partner with which the Director has entered into a cooperative agreement under subsection (a), at no cost to the Federal Government, to obtain land on which to construct the facility described in that subsection for a term of not less than 99 years.

**(e)** **Reports** The Director shall submit to Congress annual reports on—

**(1)** the facility described in subsection (a); and

**(2)** the authorities used under this section.

**(f)** **Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section $167,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until expended.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title II, § 40204, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 960.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Wage Rate Requirements

For provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of , including authority of Secretary of Labor, see , The Public Health and Welfare.