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PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
SEC. 1406. COLD CRACKING.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of the application of radiation to petroleum at standard temperature and pressure to refine petroleum products, whose objective shall be to increase the economic yield from each barrel of oil. (b) GOALS.—The goals of the study shall include— (1) increasing the value of our current oil supply; (2) reducing the capital investment cost for cracking oil; (3) reducing the operating energy cost for cracking oil; and (4) reducing sulfur content using an environmentally responsible method. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000 for fiscal year 2006. 42 USC 16494.
SEC. 1407. OXYGEN-FUEL.
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a program on oxygen-fuel systems. If feasible, the program shall include renovation of at least one existing large unit and one existing small unit, and construction of one new large unit and one new small unit. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section— (1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; (2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and (3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— (1) the term ‘‘large unit’’ means a unit with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts or more; (2) the term ‘‘oxygen-fuel systems’’ means systems that utilize fuel efficiency benefits of oil, gas, coal, and biomass combustion using substantially pure oxygen, with high flame temperatures and the exclusion of air from the boiler, in industrial or electric utility steam generating units; and (3) the term ‘‘small unit’’ means a unit with a generating capacity in the 10–50 megawatt range. Set America Free Act of 2005. Canada. Mexico.
Subtitle B—Set America Free SEC. 1421. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Set America Free Act of 2005’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Act’’. SEC. 1422. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a United States commission to make recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive North American energy policy that will achieve energy self-sufficiency by 2025 within the three contiguous North American nation area of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. SEC. 1423. UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY FREEDOM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established the United States Commission on North American Energy Freedom (in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). The Federal Advisory
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