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[CITE: 42USC13361]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                           SUBCHAPTER VI--COAL
 
                      Part C--Other Coal Provisions
 
Sec. 13361. Clean coal technology export promotion and 
        interagency coordination
        

(a) Establishment

    There shall be established within the Trade Promotion Coordinating 
Committee (established by the President on May 23, 1990) a Clean Coal 
Technology Subgroup (in this part referred to as the ``CCT Subgroup'') 
to focus interagency efforts on clean coal technologies. The CCT 
Subgroup shall seek to expand the export and use of clean coal 
technologies, particularly in those countries which can benefit from 
gains in the efficiency of, and the control of environmental emissions 
from, coal utilization.

(b) Membership

    The CCT Subgroup shall include 1 member from each agency represented 
on the Energy, Environment, and Infrastructure Working Group of the 
Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee as of October 24, 1992. The 
Secretary shall serve as chair of the CCT Subgroup and shall be 
responsible for ensuring that the functions of the CCT Subgroup are 
carried out through its member agencies.

(c) Consultation

    (1) In carrying out this section, the CCT Subgroup shall consult 
with representatives from the United States coal industry, 
representatives of railroads and other transportation industries, 
organizations representing workers, the electric utility industry, 
manufacturers of equipment utilizing clean coal technology, members of 
organizations formed to further the goals of environmental protection or 
to promote the development and use of clean coal technologies that are 
developed, manufactured, or controlled by United States firms, and other 
appropriate interested members of the public.
    (2) The CCT Subgroup shall maintain ongoing liaison with other 
elements of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee relating to clean 
coal technologies or regions where these technologies could be 
important, including Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Pacific.

(d) Duties

    The Secretary, acting through the CCT Subgroup, shall--
        (1) facilitate the establishment of technical training for the 
    consideration, planning, construction, and operation of clean coal 
    technologies by end users and international development personnel;
        (2) facilitate the establishment of and, where practicable, 
    cause to be established, consistent with the goals and objectives 
    stated in section 13331(a) of this title, within existing 
    departments and agencies--
            (A) financial assistance programs (including grants, loan 
        guarantees, and no interest and low interest loans) to support 
        prefeasibility and feasibility studies for projects that will 
        utilize clean coal technologies; and
            (B) loan guarantee programs, grants, and no interest and low 
        interest loans designed to facilitate access to capital and 
        credit in order to finance such clean coal technology projects;

        (3) develop and ensure the execution of programs, including the 
    establishment of financial incentives, to encourage and support 
    private sector efforts in exports of clean coal technologies that 
    are developed, manufactured, or controlled by United States firms;
        (4) encourage the training in, and understanding of, clean coal 
    technologies by representatives of foreign companies or countries 
    intending to use coal or clean coal technologies by providing 
    technical or financial support for training programs, workshops, and 
    other educational programs sponsored by United States firms;
        (5) educate loan officers and other officers of international 
    lending institutions, commercial and energy attaches of the United 
    States, and such other personnel as the CCT Subgroup considers 
    appropriate, for the purposes of providing information about clean 
    coal technologies to foreign governments or potential project 
    sponsors of clean coal technology projects;
        (6) develop policies and practices to be conducted by commercial 
    and energy attaches of the United States, and such other personnel 
    as the CCT Subgroup considers appropriate, in order to promote the 
    exports of clean coal technologies to those countries interested in 
    or intending to utilize coal resources;
        (7) augment budgets for trade and development programs supported 
    by Federal agencies for the purpose of financially supporting 
    prefeasibility or feasibility studies for projects in foreign 
    countries that will utilize clean coal technologies;
        (8) review ongoing clean coal technology projects and review and 
    advise Federal agencies on the approval of planned clean coal 
    technology projects which are sponsored abroad by any Federal agency 
    to determine whether such projects are consistent with the overall 
    goals and objectives of this section;
        (9) coordinate the activities of the appropriate Federal 
    agencies in order to ensure that Federal clean coal technology 
    export promotion policies are implemented in a timely fashion;
        (10) work with CCT Subgroup member agencies to develop an 
    overall strategy for promoting clean coal technology exports, 
    including setting goals and allocating specific responsibilities 
    among member agencies, consistent with applicable statutes; and
        (11) coordinate with multilateral institutions to ensure that 
    United States technologies are properly represented in their 
    projects.

(e) Data and information

    (1) The CCT Subgroup, consistent with other applicable provisions of 
law, shall ensure the development of a comprehensive data base and 
information dissemination system, using the National Trade Data Bank and 
the Commercial Information Management System of the Department of 
Commerce, relating to the availability of clean coal technologies and 
the potential need for such technologies, particularly in developing 
countries and countries making the transition from nonmarket to market 
economies.
    (2) The Secretary, acting through the CCT Subgroup, shall assess and 
prioritize foreign markets that have the most potential for the export 
of clean coal technologies that are developed, manufactured, or 
controlled by United States firms. Such assessment shall include--
        (A) an analysis of the financing requirements for clean coal 
    technology projects in foreign countries and whether such projects 
    are dependent upon financial assistance from foreign countries or 
    multilateral institutions;
        (B) the availability of other fuel or energy resources that may 
    be available to meet the energy requirements intended to be met by 
    the clean coal technology projects;
        (C) the priority of environmental considerations in the 
    selection of such projects;
        (D) the technical competence of those entities likely to be 
    involved in the planning and operation of such projects;
        (E) an objective comparison of the environmental, energy, and 
    economic performance of each clean coal technology relative to 
    conventional technologies;
        (F) a list of United States vendors of clean coal technologies; 
    and
        (G) answers to commonly asked questions about clean coal 
    technologies,\1\
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The Secretary, acting through the CCT Subgroup, shall make such 
information available to the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
and to the appropriate committees of each House of Congress, industry, 
Federal and international financing organizations, nongovernmental 
organizations, potential customers abroad, governments of countries 
where such clean coal technologies might be used, and such others as the 
CCT Subgroup considers appropriate.

(f) Report

    Within 180 days after the Secretary submits the report to the 
Congress as required by section 409 of Public Law 101-549, the 
Secretary, acting through the CCT Subgroup, shall provide to the 
appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, a plan which details 
actions to be taken in order to address those recommendations and 
findings made in the report submitted pursuant to section 409 of Public 
Law 101-549. As a part of the plan required by this subsection, the 
Secretary, acting through the CCT Subgroup, shall specifically address 
the adequacy of financial assistance available from Federal departments 
and agencies and international financing organizations to aid in the 
financing of prefeasibility and feasibility studies and projects that 
would use a clean coal technology in developing countries and countries 
making the transition from nonmarket to market economies.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XIII, Sec. 1331, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2977.)

                       References in Text

    This part, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ``this 
subtitle'' meaning subtitle C of title XIII of Pub. L. 102-486, which 
enacted this part and provisions set out as a note under section 824a-3 
of Title 16, Conservation.
    Section 409 of Public Law 101-549, referred to in subsec. (f), is 
section 409 of Pub. L. 101-549, title IV, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2634, 
which directed the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce, to submit a report to Congress within one year of 
November 15, 1990, respecting clean coal technology programs, and which 
is not classified to the Code.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 13363 of this title.
