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15 U.S.C. § 2508 — Encouragement and protection of small business

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15 U.S.C. § 2508 — Encouragement and protection of small business

**(a) Opportunity to participate** The Secretary of Energy shall take such steps as are feasible to assure that small business concerns have a realistic and adequate opportunity to participate in the project. **(b) Reservation of funds** To assist in accomplishing the objectives of subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall reserve, for contracts with small business concerns, a reasonable portion of the funds made available pursuant to this chapter for research, development, or demonstration of electric or hybrid vehicles. **(c) Contract terms and conditions; planning grants** The Secretary of Energy shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b)— (1) include in all contracts for research, development, or demonstration of electric or hybrid vehicles such terms, conditions, and payment schedules as may assist in meeting the needs of small business concerns, and shall take steps to avoid the inclusion in such contracts of any terms, conditions, or penalties which would tend to prevent such concerns from participating in the program under this chapter; and (2) make planning grants available to qualified small business concerns which require assistance in developing, submitting, and entering into such contracts.

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15 U.S.C. § 2502 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term— (1) Omitted. (2) “advanced electric or hybrid vehicle” means a vehicle which— (A) minimizes the total amount of energy to be consumed with respect to its fabrication, operation, and disposal, and represents a substantial improvement over existing electric and hybrid vehicles with respect to the total amount of energy so consumed; (B) is capable of being mass-produced and operated at a cost and in a manner which is sufficiently competitive to enable it to be produced and sold in numbers representing a reasonable portion of the market; (C) is safe, damage-resistant, easy to repair, durable, and operates with sufficient performance with respect to acceleration, cold-weather starting, cruising speed, and other performance factors; and (D) at a minimum, can be produced, distributed, operated, and disposed of in compliance with any applicable requirement of Federal law; (3) “commercial electric or hybrid vehicle” includes any electric or hybrid vehicle which can be used (A) for business or agricultural production purposes on farms (e.g. tractors and trucks) or in rural areas, or (B) for commercial purposes in urban areas; (4) “electric vehicle” means a vehicle which is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current, and which may include a nonelectrical source of power designed to charge batteries and components thereof; (5) “hybrid vehicle” means a vehicle propelled by a combination of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine or other power source and components thereof; (6) “project” means the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Project established under [section 2503(a) of this title]

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15 U.S.C. § 2508 — Encouragement and protection of small

Page 1843 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 2509 AMENDMENTS 1978—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 95–238 added subsecs. (d) and (e). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Secretary of Energy’’ substituted for ‘‘Adminis- trator’’ in subsecs. (a) to (c) and the first time it ap- pears in subsec. (e) pursuant to section 301(a) of Pub. L. 95–91, see Codification note set out under section 2502 of this title. § 2508. Encouragement and protection of small business (a) Opportunity to participate The Secretary of Energy shall take such steps as are feasible to assure that small business con- cerns have a realistic and adequate opportunity to participate in the project. (b) Reservation of funds To assist in accomplishing the objectives of subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall re- serve, for contracts with small business con- cerns, a reasonable portion of the funds made available pursuant to this chapter for research, development, or demonstration of electric or hy- brid vehicles. (c) Contract terms and conditions; planning grants The Secretary of Energy shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b)— (1) include in all contracts for research, de- velopment, or demonstration of electric or hy- brid vehicles such terms, conditions, and pay- ment schedules as may assist in meeting the needs of small business concerns, and shall take steps to avoid the inclusion in such con- tracts of any terms, conditions, or penalties which would tend to prevent such concerns from participating in the program under this chapter; and (2) make planning grants available to quali- fied small business concerns which require as- sistance in developing, submitting, and enter- ing into such contracts. (Pub. L. 94–413, § 9,

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