Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/700

 94 STAT. 650

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 for each potential domestic resource as well as all of the forms of financial assistance authorized in subtitle D. (b) All solicitations of proposals for financial assistance shall be conducted in a manner so as to encourage maximum open and free competition. (c) Any concern may request the Board of Directors to issue a solicitation pursuant to this section for proposals for a general type of synthetic fuel project and the Board of Directors, if it deems the action to be in accordance with the purposes of this title and the provisions of this part, may issue such a solicitation. (d) Each solicitation for proposals pursuant to the authority of this section shall set forth general evaluation criteria, as determined by the Board of Directors, taking into account— (1) the achievement of the national synthetic fuel production goal established in section 125; and (2) the requirements of section 126(a), for a general type of synthetic fuel project concerning— (A) the type of domestic resource to be used by the proposed synthetic fuel project; (B) the type or types of technologies to be employed; and (C) the type and amount of synthetic fuel to be produced. (e) Thirty days after the date of the enactment of this part, the Secretary of Energy, on behalf of the Corporation and pursuant to the authorities in this part, may make a solicitation for commercial scale high-Btu coal gas plants which shall be reviewed and acted upon by the Corporation pursuant to this part. (f) The Corporation shall give priority consideration to applications for financial assistance from any concern proposing a synthetic fuel project in any State which, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, indicates an intention to expedite all regulatory, licensing, and related government agency activities related to such project. (g) The Corporation shall consult with the Governor of any State in which a proposed Corporation construction project or a proposed joint venture project under section 136 would be located with regard to (1) the manner in which the project would be developed and (2) regulatory, licensing, and related governmental activities pertaining to such project. The States shall have the opportunity to provide written response to the Corporation on all aspects of such project development, licensing, and operation. CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL PROCEDURE

"Corporation synthetic fuel action." 42 USC 8724.

SEC. 128. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "Corporation Synthetic fuel action" means any matter required to be transmitted, or submitted to the Congress in accordance with the procedures of this section. (b) The Corporation shall transmit any Corporation S3ntithetic fuel action G)earing an identification number) to both Houses of the Congress on the same day. If both Houses are not in session on the day on which any Corporation synthetic fuel action is transmitted to the appropriate officers of each House, for the purposes of this section such Corporation synthetic fuel action shall be deemed to have been received on the first succeeding day on which both Houses are in session. (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), if a Corporation synthetic fuel action is transmitted to both Houses of Congress, such Corporation synthetic fuel action shall take effect at the end of the first

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