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42 U.S.C. § 12001 — Finding, purpose, and general authority

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42 U.S.C. § 12001 — Finding, purpose, and general authority

**(a) Finding** The Congress finds that it is in the national security and economic interest of the United States to foster greater efficiency in the use of available energy supplies and greater use of renewable energy technologies. **(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the Secretary of Energy, acting in accordance with [section 13541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13541&num=0&edition=prelim), to pursue an aggressive national program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in order to ensure a stable and secure future energy supply by— (1) achieving as soon as practicable cost competitive use of those technologies without need of Federal financial incentives; (2) establishing long-term Federal research goals and multiyear funding levels; (3) directing the Secretary to undertake initiatives to improve the ability of the private sector to commercialize in the near term renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; and (4) fostering collaborative efforts involving the private sector through government support of a program of demonstration and commercial application projects. **(c) General authority** The Secretary, acting in accordance with [section 13541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13541&num=0&edition=prelim), is authorized and directed to— (1) pursue a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application with the private sector, to achieve the purpose of this chapter, including the goals established under [section 12003 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-secti

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42 U.S.C. § 12005 — Demonstration and commercial application projects

**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to direct the Secretary to further the commercialization of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies through a five-year program. **(b) Demonstration and commercial application projects** (1) **Establishment** (A) The Secretary shall solicit proposals for demonstration and commercial application projects for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies pursuant to subsection (c). Such projects may include projects for— (i) the production and sale of electricity, thermal energy, or other forms of energy using a renewable energy technology; (ii) increasing the efficiency of energy use; and (iii) improvements in, or expansion of, facilities for the manufacture of renewable energy or energy efficiency technologies. (B) *Requirements.—* — Each project selected under this section shall include at least one for-profit business. Activities supported under this section shall be performed in the United States. Each project under this section shall require the manufacture and reproduction substantially within the United States for commercial sale of any invention or product that may result from the project. (2) **Forms of financial assistance** (A) In supporting projects selected under subsection (c), the Secretary may choose from among the forms of agreements described in [section 13541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13541&num=0&edition=prelim). (B) In supporting projects selected under subsection (c), the Secretary may also enter into agreements with private lenders to pay a portion of the interest on loans made for such projects. (3) **Cost sharing** — Cost sharing for projects under this section shall be conducted according

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42 U.S.C. § 12003 — National goals and multi-year funding for Federal alcohol from biomass and other technology programs

**(a) National goals** The following are declared to be the national goals for the alcohol from biomass and other energy technology programs being carried out by the Secretary: (1) **Alcohol from biomass** (A) In general, the goal of the Alcohol From Biomass Program shall be to advance research and development to a point where alcohol from biomass technology is cost-competitive with conventional hydrocarbon transportation fuels, and to promote the integration of this technology into the transportation fuel sector of the economy. (B) (i) Specific goals for producing ethanol from biomass shall be to— (I) reduce the cost of alcohol to 70 cents per gallon; (II) improve the overall biomass carbohydrate conversion efficiency to 91 percent; (III) reduce the capital cost component of the cost of alcohol to 23 cents per gallon; and (IV) reduce the operating and maintenance component of the cost of alcohol to 47 cents per gallon. (ii) Specific goals for producing methanol from biomass shall be to— (I) reduce the cost of alcohol to 47 cents per gallon; and (II) reduce the capital component of the cost of alcohol to 16 cents per gallon. (2) **Other technologies** — The Secretary shall submit to the Congress, as part of the first report submitted under [section 12006 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12006&num=0&edition=prelim), recommendations for specific cost goals and other pertinent goals for 1995 for Department of Energy research, development, and demonstration programs in Biofuels Energy Systems, Biodiesel Energy Systems, Hydrogen Energy Systems, Solar Buildings Energy Systems, Marine Energy Systems, Geothermal Energy Systems, Low-Head Hydro, and Energy Storage

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10 U.S.C. § 2857 — Window fall prevention devices in military family housing units

**(a) Requiring Use of Devices on Certain Windows.—** (1) **Requirement.—** — The Secretary concerned shall ensure that if a window in any military family housing unit is described in subsection (c), including a window designed for emergency escape or rescue, the window is equipped with fall prevention devices described in paragraph (3). (2) **Effective date.—** — Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the following military family housing units: (A) A unit for which the contract for the construction of the unit is first entered into after October 1, 2019. (B) Any other unit which is subject to a whole-house renovation project for which the contract is entered into on or after October 1, 2019. (3) **Fall prevention device described.—** — A fall prevention device is a window screen or guard that complies with applicable standards in ASTM standard F2090–13 (or any successor standard). **(b) Retrofitting or Replacing Existing Windows.—** (1) **Program to retrofit existing windows.—** — The Secretary concerned shall carry out a program under which, in military family housing units which are not subject to the requirements of subsection (a), windows which are described in subsection (c), including windows designed for emergency escape or rescue, are retrofitted to be equipped with fall prevention devices described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) or are replaced with windows which are equipped with fall prevention devices described in such paragraph. (2) **Grants.—** — The Secretary concerned may carry out the program under this subsection by making grants to private entities to retrofit or replace existing windows, in accordance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish by regulation. (3) **Use of operations funding.—** — The Secretary may carry ou

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42 U.S.C. § 13541 — Uncosted obligations

**(a) Report** Along with the submission of each of the President’s annual budget requests to Congress, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report which— (1) identifies the amount of Department of Energy funds that were, as of the end of the previous fiscal year— (A) committed uncosted obligations; and (B) uncommitted uncosted obligations; (2) specifically describes the purposes for which all such funds are intended; and (3) explains the effect that information contained in the report has had on the annual budget request for the Department of Energy being simultaneously submitted. **(b) Definitions** Within 90 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress containing definitions of the terms “uncosted obligation”, “committed uncosted obligation”, and “uncommitted uncosted obligation” for purposes of reports to be submitted under subsection (a).

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42 U.S.C. § 12002 — Definitions

As used in this chapter— (1) the term “invention” means an invention or discovery that is patented or for which a patent may be obtained under title 35, or any novel variety of plant that is protected or for which plant variety protection may be obtained under the Plant Variety Protection Act ([7 U.S.C. 2321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and that is conceived or reduced to practice as a result of work under an agreement entered into under this chapter; (2) the term “non-Federal person” means an entity located in the United States, the controlling interest (as defined by the Secretary) of which is held by persons of the United States, including— (A) a for-profit business; (B) a private foundation; (C) a nonprofit organization such as a university; (D) a trade or professional society; and (E) a unit of State or local government; (3) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy; (4) the term “small business”, with respect to a participant in any demonstration and commercial application project under this chapter, means a private firm that does not exceed the numerical size standard promulgated by the Small Business Administration under [section 632(a) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section632/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code designated by the Secretary of Energy as the primary business activity to be undertaken in the demonstration and commercial application project; (5) the term “source reduction” means any practice which— (A) reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment, i

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42 U.S.C. § 12006 — Reports

**(a) Report by Secretary** One year after December 11, 1989, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to Congress on the programs and projects supported under this chapter and the progress being made toward accomplishing the goals and purposes set forth in this chapter. **(b) National renewable energy and energy efficiency management plan** (1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall prepare a three-year management plan to be administered and carried out by the Secretary in the conduct of activities under this chapter. (2) After opportunity for public comment and consideration, as appropriate, of such comment, the Secretary shall publish the plan. (3) In addition to describing the Secretary’s intentions for administering this chapter, the plan shall include a comprehensive strategy for assisting the private sector— (A) in commercializing the renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies developed under this chapter; and (B) in meeting competition from foreign suppliers of products derived from renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. (4) The plan shall address the role of federally-assisted research, development, and demonstration in the achievement of applicable national policy goals of the National Energy Policy Plan required under [section 7321 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7321&num=0&edition=prelim) and the plan developed under [section 5905 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5905&num=0&edition=prelim). (5) In addition, the Plan 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. shall— (A) contain a detailed assessment of program needs, objectives, and priorities for each of th

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42 U.S.C. § 12007 — No antitrust immunity or defenses

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to convey to any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity immunity from civil or criminal liability under any antitrust law or to create defenses to actions under any antitrust law. As used in this section, “antitrust laws” means those Acts set forth in [section 12 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section12&num=0&edition=prelim).

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42 U.S.C. § 5905 — Comprehensive planning and programming

**(a)** Pursuant to the authority and directions of this chapter and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–438) [[42 U.S.C. 5801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Department of Energy Organization Act ([42 U.S.C. 7101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), and titles XX through XXIII of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 [[42 U.S.C. 13401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13401&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., 13451 et seq., 13501 et seq., 13521 et seq.], the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Board established under section 2302 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 [[42 U.S.C. 13522](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13522&num=0&edition=prelim)], shall transmit to the Congress, on or before June 30, 1975, a comprehensive plan for energy research, development, and demonstration. This plan shall be appropriately revised annually as provided in section 5914(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. Such plan shall be designed to achieve— (1) solutions to immediate and short-term (the period up to 5 years after submission of the plan or its annual revision) energy supply system and associated environmental problems; (2) solutions to middle-term (the period from 5 years to 10 years after submission of the plan or its annual revision) energy supply system and associated environmental problems; and (3) solutions to long-term (the period beyond 10 years after submission of the plan or its annual revision) energy supply system and associated environmental problems. **(b)** (1) Based on the comprehensive en

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42 U.S.C. § 12001 — Finding, purpose, and general authority

Page 8232 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 12001 (Pub. L. 100–690, title V, § 5146, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4304.) CHAPTER 125—RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY COM- PETITIVENESS Sec. 12001. Finding, purpose, and general authority. 12002. Definitions. 12003. National goals and multi-year funding for Federal alcohol from biomass and other technology programs. 12004. Energy efficiency authorizations. 12005. Demonstration and commercial application projects. 12006. Reports. 12007. No antitrust immunity or defenses. § 12001. Finding, purpose, and general authority (a) Finding The Congress finds that it is in the national security and economic interest of the United States to foster greater efficiency in the use of available energy supplies and greater use of re- newable energy technologies. (b) Purpose It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the Secretary of Energy, acting in accordance with section 13541 of this title, to pursue an ag- gressive national program of research, develop- ment, demonstration, and commercial applica- tion of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in order to ensure a stable and se- cure future energy supply by— (1) achieving as soon as practicable cost competitive use of those technologies without need of Federal financial incentives; (2) establishing long-term Federal research goals and multiyear funding levels; (3) directing the Secretary to undertake ini- tiatives to improve the ability of the private sector to commercialize in the near term re- newable energy and energy efficiency tech- nologies; and (4) fostering collaborative efforts involving the private sector through government sup- port of a program of demonstration and com- mercial application projec

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