Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/699

 PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980

94 STAT. 649

(C) On the first day that both Houses of the Congress are in session after receipt of a joint resolution of approval containing the additional authorization of appropriations requested by the Corporation, the joint resolution described in subparagraph (B) shall be introduced in their respective Houses by the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Such resolution shall be considered in accordance with the procedures of this subsection. (11) The aggregate of the authorizations of appropriations under paragraph (5) enacted into law and any subsequent requests by the Corporation for additional authorizations for appropriations under paragraph (10) enacted into law shall not exceed $68,000,000,000. (d)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), if at the expiration of such time as the Corporation is permitted for submission of its comprehensive strategy to the Congress, the Corporation determines that an adequate basis of knowledge has not yet been developed upon which to formulate and implement a comprehensive strategy for the achievement of the national synthetic fuel production goal established in section 125, the Corporation shall report the reasons for such determination to the Congress, and may request, in a Corporation sjmithetic fuel action pursuant to section 128, such additional time up to one year as the Corporation considers necessary for the formulation of its proposed comprehensive strategy, (2) Such request shall be deemed approved unless disapproved by either House of Congress pursuant to section 128, If such request is disapproved pursuant to section 128, the Corporation shall submit its proposed comprehensive strategy to the Congress within ninety days of such disapproval, (3) The Board of Directors may, consistent with the purposes of this title, amend the approved comprehensive strategy if, in their judgment, such amendment is necessary to achieve the national S3mthetic fuel production goal set forth in section 125. If such amendment would substantially alter the use of funds previously approved by the Congress pursuant to subsection (c), the Board of Directors may not implement such amendment unless such amendment has been submitted to the Congress and has been approved pursuant to section 129, Any such amendment and its justification shall be included in the subsequent quarterly report to the Congress pursuant to section 177(c).

Post, p. 678. SOUCITATION OF PROPOSALS

SEC. 127. (a)(1) The Corporation is hereby directed to solicit propos- 42 USC 8723. als from time to time from concerns interested in the construction or operation, or both, of sjmthetic fuel projects. The Corporation shall provide notice of such solicitations in the Federal Register and by such other notice as is customarily used to inform the public of Federal assistance for major research and development undertakings, (2) All proposed solicitations under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Advisory Committee established under section 123, The Advisory Committee shall have 30 calendar days to review and comment on such solicitations prior to their initial issuance. (3) Within six months after the date of the enactment of this part, the Corporation shall make an initial set of solicitations directed by paragraph (1). Such set of solicitations shall encompass a diversity of technologies (including differing processes, methods, and techniques)

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