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Fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy authorization (fossil energy). Volume 1. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, March 6, 1985

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OSTI ID:6186751
Volume I covers testimony by William A. Vaughan of DOE and two panels representing the gas and utility industries and their various research organizations. At issue was the administration's proposal to cut the 1985 DOE appropriations of $347 million by 30% for 1986 and the concern that energy research funding be applied as efficiently and effectively as possible. While recognizing the need to slow federal spending, the committee's concerns centered on the possibility that budget cuts will slow and disrupt the progress made on several fossil fuel technologies. Vaughan described the budget proposal in terms of fiscal priorities that focus on coal research, programs which exceed private sector capability, stabilizing research funding, balancing the mix of recipients and encouraging university/industry cooperation, emphasizing cost sharing with the private sector, and reducing the environmental impacts of coal. Two appendices with additional material for the record follow the testimony of the 10 witnesses.
OSTI ID:
6186751
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English