42 U.S.C. § 13365: Coal fuel mixtures

Within one year following October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the status of technologies for combining coal with other materials, such as oil or water fuel mixtures. The report shall include—(1) a technical and economic feasibility assessment of such technologies; (2) projected developments in such technologies; (3) an assessment of the market potential of such technologies, including the potential to displace imported crude oil and refined petroleum products; (4) identification of barriers to commercialization of such technologies; and (5) recommendations for addressing barriers to commercialization.