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[CITE: 42USC13412]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
             SUBCHAPTER VIII--REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY
 
                 Part A--Oil and Gas Supply Enhancement
 
Sec. 13412. Oil shale


(a) Program direction

    The Secretary shall conduct a 5-year program, in accordance with 
sections 13541 and 13542 of this title, on oil shale extraction and 
conversion, including research and development on both eastern and 
western shales, as provided in this section.

(b) Program goals

    The goals of the program established under this section include--
        (1) supporting the development of economically competitive and 
    environmentally acceptable technologies to produce domestic supplies 
    of liquid fuels from oil shale;
        (2) increasing knowledge of environmentally acceptable oil shale 
    waste disposal technologies and practices;
        (3) increasing knowledge of the chemistry and kinetics of oil 
    shale retorting;
        (4) increasing understanding of engineering issues concerning 
    the design and scale-up of oil shale extraction and conversion 
    technologies;
        (5) improving techniques for oil shale mining systems; and
        (6) providing for cooperation with universities and other 
    private sector entities.

(c) Eastern oil shale program

    (1) As part of the program authorized by this section, the Secretary 
shall carry out a program on oil shale that includes applied research, 
in cooperation with universities and the private sector, on eastern oil 
shale that may have the potential to decrease United States dependence 
on energy imports.
    (2) As part of the program authorized by this subsection, the 
Secretary shall consider the potential benefits of including in that 
program applied research carried out in cooperation with universities 
and other private sector entities that are, as of October 24, 1992, 
engaged in research on eastern oil shale retorting and associated 
processes.
    (3) The program carried out under this subsection shall be cost-
shared with universities and the private sector to the maximum extent 
possible.

(d) Western oil shale program

    As part of the program authorized by this section, the Secretary 
shall carry out a program on extracting oil from western oil shales that 
includes, if appropriate, establishment and utilization of at least one 
field testing center for the purpose of testing, evaluating, and 
developing improvements in oil shale technology at the field test level. 
In establishing such a center, the Secretary shall consider sites with 
existing oil shale mining and processing infrastructure and facilities. 
Sixty days prior to establishing any such field testing center, the 
Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the center to be 
established.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
carrying out this section $5,250,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $6,000,000 
for fiscal year 1994.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XX, Sec. 2012, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3058.)
