---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15961"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "15961"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/15961"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter IV — Coal"
  - "Part A — Clean Coal Power Initiative"
---

# §15961. Authorization of appropriations

- (a) **Clean coal power initiative—** There are authorized to be appropriated to the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) to carry out the activities authorized by this part $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2014, to remain available until expended.
- (b) **Report—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall submit to Congress the report required by this subsection not later than March 31, 2007. The report shall include, with respect to [subsection (a)](#a), a plan containing—
  - (1) a detailed assessment of whether the aggregate funding levels provided under [subsection (a)](#a) are the appropriate funding levels for that program;
  - (2) a detailed description of how proposals will be solicited and evaluated, including a list of all activities expected to be undertaken;
  - (3) a detailed list of technical milestones for each coal and related technology that will be pursued; and
  - (4) a detailed description of how the program will avoid problems enumerated in Government Accountability Office reports on the Clean Coal Technology Program, including problems that have resulted in unspent funds and [projects](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) that failed either financially or scientifically.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title IV, § 401, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 749.)