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[CITE: 16USC2645]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 46--PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2645. Utility regulatory institute


(a) Matching grants

    The Secretary may make grants under this section to an institute 
established by the National Association of Regulatory Utility 
Commissioners to enable such institute to--
        (1) conduct research on electric and gas utility regulatory 
    policy issues,
        (2) develop data processing and retrieval methods for electric 
    and gas utility ratemaking, and
        (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) of this section:
        (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 necessary 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.

(Pub. L. 95-617, title VI, Sec. 603, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3165.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is Pub. L. 95-617, Nov. 9, 
1978, 92 Stat. 3117, as amended, known as the Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2601 of this title and 
Tables.

                          Codification

    This section was not enacted as part of title I of Pub. L. 95-617 
which comprises this chapter.
