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 PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 "(8) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this subsection, if a House has approved a resolution with respect to a S3mthetic fuel action, then a motion to recommit shall not be in order nor shall it be in order to consider in that House any other resolution with respect to the same synthetic fuel action. "SEC. 308. (a) For purposes of this Act, the term 'Government synthetic fuel project' means a sjmthetic fuel project undertaken in accordance with the provisions of section 306(c). "(b)(l)(A) For purposes of this Act, the term 's3nithetic fuel' means any solid, liquid, or gas, or combination thereof, which can be used as a substitute for petroleum or natural gas (or any derivatives thereof, including chemical feedstocks) and which is produced by chemical or physical transformation (other than washing, coking, or desulfurizing) of domestic sources of— "(i) coal, including lignite and peat; "(ii) shale; "(iii) tar sands, including those heavy oil resources where— "(I) the cost and the technical and economic risks make extraction and processing of a heavy oil resource uneconomical under applicable pricing and tax policies; and "(II) the costs and risks are comparable to those associated with shale, coal, and tar sand resources (other than heavy oil) qualif5ring for assistance under section 305 or section 306; and "(iv) water, as a source of hydrogen only through electrolysis. "(B) Such term includes mixtures of coal and combustible liquids, including petroleum. "(C) Such term does not include solids, liquids, or gases, or combinations thereof, derived from biomass, which includes timber, animal and timber waste, municipal and industrial waste, sewage, sludge, oceanic and terrestrial plants, and other organic matter. "(2)(A) For purposes of this Act, the term 'synthetic fuel project' means any facility using an integrated process or processes at a specific geographic location in the United States for the purpose of commercial production of synthetic fuel. The project may include only— "(i) the facility, including the equipment, plant, machinery, supplies, and other materials associated with the facility, which converts the domestic resource to S3nithetic fuel; "(ii) the land and mineral rights required directly for use in connection with the facilities for the production of S3mthetic fuels; "(iii) any facility or equipment to be used in the extraction of a mineral for use directly and exclusively in such conversion; "(I) which— "(aa) is co-located with the conversion facility or is located in the immediate vicinity of the conversion facility; or "(bb) if not co-located or located in the immediate vicinity, is incidental to the project (except in the event of a coal mine where no other reasonable source of coal is available to the project); and "(II) which is necessary to the project; and "(iv) any transportation facility, electric powerplant, electric transmission line or other facility— "(I) which is for the exclusive use of the project; "(II) which is incidental to the project; and

94 STAT. 631

"Government synthetic fuel project." 50 USC app. 2098. Ante, p. 623. "Synthetic fuel.

Ante, pp. 619, 623.

"Synthetic fuel project."

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