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 PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980

94 STAT. 703

(2) With respect to each municipal waste energy project for which financial assistance is provided under section 232, 233, or 234, the Secretary shall— (A) require from the recipient of financial assistance such reports and records relating to that project as the Secretary deems necessary; (B) prescribe the manner in which such recipient shall keep such records; and (C) have access to such records at reasonable times for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions upon which financial assistance is provided. (e) All amounts received by the Secretary of Energy as fees, interest, repayment of principal, and any other moneys received by the Secretary from operations under section 232, 233, or 234 shall be deposited in the general fund of Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (0 AH contracts and instruments of the Secretary of Energy to provide, or providing, for financial assistance shall be general obligations of the United States backed by its full faith and credit. (g) Subject to the conditions of any contract for financial assistance, such contract shall be incontestable in the hands of the holder, except as to fraud or material misrepresentation on the part of the holder. (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 (12 U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) or any other provision of law (except as may be specifically provided by reference to this subsection in any Act enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act), no debt obligation which is made or committed to be made, or which is guaranteed or committed to be guaranteed by the Secretary of Energy under section 232,233, or 234 shall be eligible for purchase by, or commitment to purchase by, or sale or issuance to, the Federal Financing Bank or any Federal agency. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 236. The Secretary of Energy shall establish procedures and 42 USC 8836. take such other actions as may be necessary regarding the solicitation, review, and evaluation of applications, and awarding of financied assistance under section 232, 233, or 234 as may be necessary to carry out the plan established under section 231. COMMERCIAUZATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO FEDERAL NONNUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974

SEC. 237. (a)(1) The Secretary of Energy shall establish and conduct, pursuant to the authorities contained in the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, an accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for promoting the commercial viability of processes for the recovery of energy from municipal wastes. (2) The provisions of subsections (d), (m), and (x)(2) of section 19 of such Act shall not apply with respect to the program established under this section. (3) As part of the program established under this section, the Secretary, after consulting with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce, shall undertake—

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42 USC 8837. 42 USC 5901 note.

42 USC 5919.

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