§ 50e. USGS energy and minerals research facility

• (a) The Director of the United States Geological Survey (referred to in this section as the “Director”), 1 1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. 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) The United States Geological Survey shall retain ownership of the facility and associated structures described in subsection (a).
• (c) 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) 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) 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) 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.