((a)) ** Establishment** The Director of the United States Geological Survey (referred to in this section as the “Director”), 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.1

((b)) ** Ownership** The United States Geological Survey shall retain ownership of the facility and associated structures described in subsection (a).

((c)) ** Agreements** 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—

((1)) facility planning;

((2)) design;

((3)) maintenance;

((4)) operation; or

((5)) facility improvements.

((d)) ** Leases** 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.

((e)) ** Reports** The Director shall submit to Congress annual reports on—

((1)) the facility described in subsection (a); and

((2)) the authorities used under this section.

((f)) ** Authorization of appropriations** 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.