42 U.S.C. § 15965 — Time limit for award; extension

If a Clean Coal Power Initiative project^* selected after March 11, 2009, for negotiation under this or any other Act in any fiscal year, is not awarded within 2 years from the date the application was selected, negotiations shall cease and the Federal funds committed to the application shall be retained by the Department for future coal-related research, development and demonstration projects, except that the time limit may be extended at the Secretary’s discretion for matters outside the control of the applicant, or if the Secretary^* determines that extension of the time limit is in the public interest.