The SEED Act directed the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to cooperate with the American and Polish experts to undertake an assessment program in Poland to use fossil fuels cleanly in small-scale combustion equipment. The program became specifically directed toward the emissions problems of low emission sources (coal home stoves and solid fuel-fired boiler houses) in Cracow. A total budget of 20 million dollars was allocated. Funding for this program has been provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the program has been implemented by the-DOE in cooperation with various Polish and American institutions and companies., In 1991, U.S. and Polish officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding formally initiating and directing the Cracow Clean Fossil Fuels and Energy Efficiency Program.