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APPENDIX E
Program Authorizations and Appropriations FY 2000-2010
TABLE E.1 Comparison of Legislative Authorization to Final Appropriation for the Department of Energy (DOE) Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program, Fiscal Years 2000-2010
Fiscal Year
Appropriation (millions of U.S. dollars)
Authorization in Energy Policy Act of 2005 (millions of U.S. dollars)
2000
2.9
2001
9.9
5
2002
9.8
7.5
2003
9.4
11
2004
9.4
12
2005
9.4
12
2006
11.8
15
2007
11.8
20
2008
14.8
30
2009
15.0
40
2010
15.0a
50
aE. Allison, personal communication, January 18, 2010.
SOURCE: Allison, E. 2008. Department of Energy Methane Hydrate Program. Presentation to the Committee on Assessment of the Department of Energy’s Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrates as a Future Energy Resource, Washington, DC, September 11.
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