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[CITE: 42USC8821]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
              CHAPTER 96--BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 8821. Termination of authorities; modification of terms and 
        conditions of conditional commitments for loan guarantees
        
    No insured loan, loan guarantee, price guarantee, or purchase 
agreement may be committed to or made under this subchapter after 
September 30, 1984, except that all conditional commitments for loan 
guarantees under this subchapter which were in existence on September 
30, 1984, are hereby extended through June 30, 1987. This section shall 
not be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary concerned to 
spend funds after such date pursuant to any contract for financial 
assistance made on or before that date under this subchapter. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Secretary of 
Energy may modify the terms and conditions of any conditional commitment 
for a loan guarantee under this subchapter made before October 1, 1984, 
including the amount of the loan guarantee. Nothing in this section 
shall be interpreted as indicating Congressional approval with respect 
to any pending conditional commitments under this Act.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 221, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 696; Pub. 
L. 99-24, Sec. 1(a), Apr. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 50; Pub. L. 99-190, 
Sec. 101(a), Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1185; Pub. L. 99-272, title VII, 
Sec. 7301, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 143; Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(h) 
[title III, Sec. 318], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-242, 1783-286, and 
Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(h) [title III, Sec. 318], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 
Stat. 3341-242, 3341-287; Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 106, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 
Stat. 1329-433.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 96-294, June 30, 1980, 94 
Stat. 611, as amended, known as the Energy Security Act. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 8801 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.
    Amendment of section by Pub. L. 99-190 is based on section 630 of 
title VI of H.R. 3037 [Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986], as incorporated by reference by 
section 101(a) of Pub. L. 99-190, and enacted into law by section 106 of 
Pub. L. 100-202.


                               Amendments

    1987--For amendment by Pub. L. 100-202, see 1985 Amendment note 
below.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-500 and Pub. L. 99-591 substituted ``through June 
30, 1987'' for ``through June 30, 1986''.
    Pub. L. 99-272 made amendment substantially identical to that by 
Pub. L. 99-190, substituting ``through June 30, 1986'' for ``through 
September 30, 1985'' and inserting provisions authorizing the Secretary 
of Energy to modify the terms and conditions of any conditional 
commitment for a loan guarantee under this subchapter made before Oct. 
1, 1984, including the amount of the guarantee, and further providing 
that nothing in this section shall be interpreted as indicating 
Congressional approval with respect to any pending conditional 
commitments.
    1985--Pub. L. 99-190, Sec. 101(a), as enacted by Pub. L. 100-202, 
substituted ``through June 30, 1986'' for ``through September 30, 1985'' 
and inserted provisions authorizing the Secretary of Energy to modify 
the terms and conditions of any conditional commitment for a loan 
guarantee under this subchapter made before Oct. 1, 1984, including the 
amount of the guarantee, and further providing that nothing in this 
section shall be interpreted as indicating Congressional approval with 
respect to any pending conditional commitments. See Codification note 
above.
    Pub. L. 99-24 inserted ``, except that all conditional commitments 
for loan guarantees under this subchapter which were in existence on 
September 30, 1984, are hereby extended through September 30, 1985''.


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Section 106 of Pub. L. 100-202 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective on date of enactment [Dec. 19, 1985] of the 
``pertinent joint resolution'' making continuing appropriations for 
fiscal year 1986 [Pub. L. 99-190].


                     Pending Conditional Commitments

    Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 99-24 provided that: ``Enactment of this Act 
[amending this section] shall not be interpreted as indicating 
congressional approval with respect to any pending conditional 
commitments under this Act.''
