42 U.S.C. § 15961 — Authorization of appropriations

(a) Clean coal power initiative: Congress may appropriate $200,000,000 to the Secretary for each fiscal year from 2006 through 2014 to carry out this part's activities, and this money stays available until it is spent. (b) Report: By March 31, 2007, the Secretary must send Congress a report with a plan that includes (1) a detailed look at whether the total funding under subsection (a) is the right amount for the program; (2) a detailed description of how project proposals will be requested and judged, listing all planned activities; (3) a detailed list of technical goals for each coal-related technology the program will pursue; and (4) a detailed explanation of how the program will avoid the problems that Government Accountability Office reports found in the earlier Clean Coal Technology Program, including unspent money and projects that failed financially or technically.