43 U.S.C. § 50e
The Director of the United States Geological Survey (referred to in this section as the "Director"),1 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.
The United States Geological Survey shall retain ownership of the facility and associated structures described in subsection (a).
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-
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.
The Director shall submit to Congress annual reports on-
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.
1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
43 U.S.C. § 50e
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTSFor provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of Pub. L. 117-58 including authority of Secretary of Labor, see section 18851 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.