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thorized by section 23(d) of the Deep Ocean Energy Re-
sources Act of 2006. 
‘‘(b) In this Act the term ‘historic and existing State- 
chartered recognized petroleum or mining school’ means 
a school, university, or educational institution with the 
presence of an engineering program meeting the specific 
program criteria, established by the member societies of 
ABET, Inc., for petroleum, mining, or mineral engineer-
ing and that is accredited on the date of enactment of 
the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006 by ABET, 
Inc. 
‘‘(c) It shall be the duty of each school, university, 
or institution receiving funds under this section to provide 
for and enhance the training of undergraduate and grad-
uate petroleum, mining, and mineral engineers through re-
search, investigations, demonstrations, and experiments. 
All such work shall be carried out in a manner that will 
enhance undergraduate education. 
‘‘(d) Each school, university, or institution receiving 
funds under this Act shall maintain the program for which 
the funds are provided for 10 years after the date of the 
first receipt of such funds and take steps described in its 
application for funding to increase the number of under-
graduate students enrolled in and completing the pro-
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grams of study in petroleum, mining, and mineral engi-
neering. 
‘‘(e) The research, investigation, demonstration, ex-
periment, and training authorized by this section may in-
clude development and production of conventional and 
non-conventional fuel resources, the production of metallic 
and non-metallic mineral resources including industrial 
mineral resources, and the production of stone, sand, and 
gravel. In all cases the work carried out with funds made 
available under this Act shall include a significant oppor-
tunity for participation by undergraduate students. 
‘‘(f) Research funded by this Act related to energy 
and mineral resource development and production may in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) studies of petroleum, mining, and mineral 
extraction and immediately related beneficiation 
technology; 
‘‘(2) mineral economics, reclamation technology, 
and practices for active operations; 
‘‘(3) the development of re-mining systems and 
technologies to facilitate reclamation that fosters the 
ultimate recovery of resources at abandoned petro-
leum, mining, and aggregate production sites; and 
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‘‘(4) research on ways to extract petroleum and 
mineral resources that reduce the environmental im-
pact of those activities. 
‘‘(g) Grants for basic science and engineering studies 
and research shall not require additional participation by 
funding partners. Grants for studies to demonstrate the 
proof of concept for science and engineering or the dem-
onstration of feasibility and implementation shall include 
participation by industry and may include funding from 
other Federal agencies. 
‘‘(h)(1) No funds made available under this section 
shall be applied to the acquisition by purchase or lease 
of any land or interests therein, or the rental, purchase, 
construction, preservation, or repair of any building. 
‘‘(2) Funding made available under this section may 
be used with the express approval of the Secretary for pro-
posals that will provide for maintaining or upgrading of 
existing laboratories and laboratory equipment. Funding 
for such maintenance shall not be used for university over-
head expenses. 
‘‘(3) Funding made available under this Act may be 
used for maintaining and upgrading mines and oil and gas 
drilling rigs owned by a school, university, or institution 
described in this section that are used for undergraduate 
and graduate training and worker safety training. All re-
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quests for funding such mines and oil and gas drilling rigs 
must demonstrate that they have been owned by the 
school, university, or institution for 5 years prior to the 
date of enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources 
Act of 2006 and have been actively used for instructional 
or training purposes during that time. 
‘‘(4) Any funding made available under this section 
for research, investigation, demonstration, experiment, or 
training shall not be used for university overhead charges 
in excess of 10 percent of the amount authorized by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 4. FORMER AND NEW PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGI-
NEERING PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) A school, university, or educational institution 
that formerly met the requirements of section 3(b) imme-
diately before the date of the enactment of the Deep Ocean 
Energy Resources Act of 2006, or that seeks to establish 
a new program described in section 3(b), shall be eligible 
for funding under this Act only if it— 
‘‘(1) establishes a petroleum, mining, or mineral 
engineering program that meets the specific program 
criteria and is accredited as such by ABET, Inc., 
with particular consideration awarded to establishing 
programs and minority serving institutions; 
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‘‘(2) agrees to the conditions of subsections (c) 
through (h) of section 3 and the Secretary deter-
mines that the program will strengthen and increase 
the number of nationally available, well-qualified fac-
ulty members in petroleum, mining, and mineral en-
gineering; and 
‘‘(3) agrees to maintain the accredited program 
for 10 years after the date of the first receipt of 
funds under this Act. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall seek the advice of the Com-
mittee established pursuant to section 11 in determining 
the criteria used to carry out this section. 
‘‘SEC. 5. FUNDING OF CONSORTIA OF HISTORIC AND EXIST-
ING SCHOOLS. 
‘‘Where appropriate, the Secretary may make funds 
available to consortia of schools, universities, or institu-
tions described in sections 3, 4, and 6, including those con-
sortia that include schools, universities, or institutions 
that are ineligible for funds under this Act if those schools, 
universities, or institutions, respectively, have skills, pro-
grams, or facilities specifically identified as needed by the 
consortia to meet the necessary expenses for purposes of— 
‘‘(1) specific energy and mineral research 
projects of broad application that could not other-
wise be undertaken, including the expenses of plan-
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