Sec. 40204. USGS ENERGY AND MINERALS RESEARCH FACILITY
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## SEC. 40204 USGS ENERGY AND MINERALS RESEARCH FACILITY **[**[43 U.S.C. 50e](/us/usc/t43/s50e)**]** ###
(a)Establishment The Director of the United States Geological Survey (referred to in this section as the “Director”), shall fund, through a cooperative agreement with an academic partner, the design, construction, and tenant build-out of a facility to support energy and minerals research and appurtenant associated structures. ###
(b)Ownership The United States Geological Survey shall retain ownership of the facility and associated structures described in subsection (a). ###
(c)Agreements The Director may enter into agreements with, and to collect and expend funds or in-kind contributions from, academic, Federal, State, or other tenants over the life of the facility described in subsection
(a)for the purposes of— ####
(1)facility planning; ####
(2)design; ####
(3)maintenance; ####
(4)operation; or ####
(5)facility improvements. ###
(d)Leases The Director may enter into a lease or other agreement with the academic partner with which the Director has entered into a cooperative agreement under subsection (a), at no cost to the Federal Government, to obtain land on which to construct the facility described in that subsection for a term of not less than 99 years. ###
(e)Reports The Director shall submit to Congress annual reports on— ####
(1)the facility described in subsection (a); and ####
(2)the authorities used under this section. ###
(f)Authorization of Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section $167,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until expended.
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Sec. 40204
USGS ENERGY AND MINERALS RESEARCH FACILITY
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