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PUBLIC LAW 95-617—NOV. 9, 1978 (3) perform other functions directly related to assisting State regulatory authorities in carrying out their functions under State law and this Act. (b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Grants under this section shall not be used to provide more than the following percentages of the cost to the institute of carrying out the activities specified in subsection (a): (1) 80 percent for the fiscal year 1979; and (2) 60 percent for the fiscal year 1980. The remaining amounts expended by the institute may not be provided from Federal sources. (c) RESTRICTIONS.—Grants under this section may not be made subject to terms and conditions other than those the Secretary deems necefsary for purposes of administering this section and for purposes of assuring that— (1) all information gathered by the institute is available to the Secretary, the Commission, and the public, and (2) no portion of any such grant is used to support or oppose any legislative proposal except by means of testimony by representatives of the institute provided by invitation to a committee of Congress or of a State legislature. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for purposes of making grants under this section. No amounts may be appropriated for any fiscal year after the fiscal year 1980 to carry out the purposes of this section without a specific authorization of Congress. SEC. 604. COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES,

30 USC 1311.

(a) DESIGNATION.—So much of section 801 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 as precedes subsection (b) of paragraph (2) thereof is amended to read as follows: ESTABLISHMENT ((.

30 USC 1316.

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OF UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES

"SEC. 801. (a) The Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the National Academy of Engineering, shall designate thirteen institutions of hisrher education at which university coal research laboratories will be established and operated. Ten such designations shall be made as provided in subsection (e) and the remaining three shall be made in fiscal year 1980. "(b) In making designations under this section, the Administrator shall consider the following criteria: "(1) Those ten institutions of higher education designated as provided in subsection (e) shall be located in a State with abundant coal reserves.". (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 806 of such Act is amended to read as follows: ii

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 806. (a) For the ten institutions referred to in the last sentence of section 801(a), 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 title.

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