Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 74 - Notes
    Sec.                                                     
    5901.       Congressional statement of findings.                  
    5902.       Congressional declaration of policy and purpose;
                 implementation and administration of program by
                 Secretary of Energy.                                 
    5903.       Duties and functions of Secretary.                    
    5903a.      Nonduplication of programs, projects, and research
                 facilities.                                          
    5903b.      Environmental and safety research, development, and
                 demonstration program.                               
    5903c.      Moneys received by Secretary from fossil energy
                 activity; payment into Treasury; reports to House and
                 Senate Committees.                                   
    5903d.      Clean coal technology projects; proposals,
                 implementation, funding, etc.                        
    5904.       Research, development, and demonstration program
                 governing principles.                                
    5905.       Comprehensive plan and implementing program for energy
                 research, development, and demonstration;
                 transmission to Congress; purposes; scope of program;
                 comprehensive environment and safety program
                 implementing plan; development and transmission to
                 Congress.                                            
    5906.       Federal assistance and participation in programs.     
                  (a)  Forms of activities authorized.                
                  (b)  Proposed joint Federal-industry corporations;
                        operational guidelines; powers, duties, and
                        functions; composition; scope of Federal
                        assistance and participation; specific
                        authorization.                                
                  (c)  Proposed competitive systems of price supports
                        for demonstration facilities; guidelines.     
                  (d)  Support for joint university-industry research
                        efforts.                                      
    5907.       Demonstration projects.                               
                  (a)  Scope of authority of Secretary.               
                  (b)  Criteria applicable in reviewing potential
                        projects.                                     
                  (c)  Federal and non-Federal share of costs.        
                  (d)  Submission of proposals to Secretary;
                        promulgation of regulations by Secretary
                        establishing procedures; required contents of
                        proposals and regulations.                    
                  (e)  Amount of estimate of Federal investment
                        requiring Congressional authorization for
                        appropriation.                                
                  (f)  Amount of estimated Federal contribution
                        authorizing Secretary to proceed with
                        negotiation of agreements and implementation
                        of proposal; amount of Federal contribution
                        requiring Secretary to submit report to
                        Congress as prerequisite to expenditure of
                        funds.                                        
    5907a.      Small grant program.                                  
                  (a)  Establishment.                                 
                  (b)  Limitation.                                    
                  (c)  Systems and technologies to be developed and
                        demonstrated.                                 
                  (d)  Eligible participants; simplified application
                        procedures; report to Secretary; allocation
                        criteria; guidelines.                         
                  (e)  Reports to Congress.                           
    5908.       Patents and inventions.                               
                  (a)  Vesting of title to invention and issuance of
                        patents to United States; prerequisites.      
                  (b)  Contract as requiring report to Secretary of
                        invention, etc., made in course of contract.  
                  (c)  Waiver by Secretary of rights of United States;
                        regulations prescribing procedures; record of
                        waiver determinations; objectives.            
                  (d)  Considerations applicable at time of
                        contracting for waiver determination by
                        Secretary.                                    
                  (e)  Considerations applicable to identified
                        invention for waiver determination by
                        Secretary.                                    
                  (f)  Rights subject to reservation where title to
                        invention vested in United States.            
                  (g)  to (i) Repealed.                               
                  (j)  Small business status of applicant for waiver
                        or licenses.                                  
                  (k)  Protection of invention, etc., rights by
                        Secretary.                                    
                  (l)  Department of Energy as defense agency of
                        United States for purpose of maintaining
                        secrecy of inventions.                        
                  (m)  Definitions.                                   
                  (n)  Report concerning applicability of existing
                        patent policies to energy programs; time for
                        submission to President and appropriate
                        Congressional committees.                     
    5909.       Relationship to antitrust laws.                       
    5910.       Repealed.                                             
    5911.       Allocation or acquisition of essential materials and
                 equipment pursuant to Presidential rule or order;
                 transmission to Congress and effective date of
                 proposed rule or order; disapproval by Congress.     
    5912.       Water resource assessments.                           
                  (a)  Assessments by Water Resources Council of water
                        resource requirements and water supply
                        availability for nonnuclear energy
                        technologies; preparation requirements.       
                  (b)  Request by Secretary that Water Resources
                        Council prepare assessment of availability of
                        adequate water resources for proposed
                        demonstration projects; report; publication.  
                  (c)  Assessment by Water Resources Council of
                        availability of adequate water resources as
                        precondition for Federal assistance for
                        commercial application of nonnuclear energy
                        technologies.                                 
                  (d)  Publication of reports of assessments and
                        evaluations by Water Resources Council in
                        Federal Register; public review and comments. 
                  (e)  Inclusion of survey and analysis of regional
                        and national water resource availability in
                        biennial assessment by Water Resources
                        Council.                                      
                  (f)  Secretary as member of Water Resources Council.
    5913.       Evaluation by National Institute of Standards and
                 Technology of energy-related inventions prior to
                 awarding of grants by Secretary; promulgation of
                 regulations.                                         
    5914.       Omitted.                                              
    5915.       Authorization of appropriations.                      
    5915a.      Expiration of initial authorization to construct
                 fossil energy demonstration plants.                  
    5916.       Central source of nonnuclear energy information;
                 acquisition of proprietary and other information;
                 availability of information to public, Government
                 agencies, Federal agencies and agency heads for
                 execution of duties and responsibilities, and
                 chairmen of Congressional committees; disclosure
                 restrictions.                                        
    5917.       Energy information.                                   
    5918.       Repealed.                                             
    5919.       Loan guarantees and commitments for alternative fuel
                 demonstration facilities.                            
                  (a)  Statement of purpose.                          
                  (b)  Issuance of obligations for alternative fuel
                        conversion facilities; terms and conditions;
                        rules and regulations; informational
                        requirements; concurrence of Secretary of
                        Treasury to terms and conditions; pledge of
                        full faith and credit of United States;
                        cooperative agreements for construction, etc.,
                        of modular facilities; bidding practices.     
                  (c)  Prerequisites.                                 
                  (d)  Repealed.                                      
                  (e)  Impact on communities, States, and Indian
                        tribes; notice to State and local officials;
                        procedures applicable for further action by
                        Secretary subsequent to negative
                        recommendation by State Governor; criteria and
                        determinations relating to approval by
                        Secretary of construction and operation plans;
                        establishment, membership, etc., of advisory
                        panel.                                        
                  (f)  Termination, cancellation, revocation;
                        conclusiveness; contestability.               
                  (g)  Default by borrower; procedures applicable to
                        payment by Secretary and rights of
                        subrogation; notice to Attorney General by
                        Secretary for further action; protection for
                        benefit of United States of patents and
                        technologies of defaulting project through
                        agreements, etc.                              
                  (h)  Contracts to pay, and payment of principal and
                        interest by Secretary of unpaid balance of
                        guaranteed obligations; prerequisites.        
                  (i)  Time for issuance of regulations; procedures
                        applicable to issuance of regulations and
                        amendments.                                   
                  (j)  Fees for guarantees of obligations;
                        determination of amounts; excepted guarantees.
                  (k)  Community development and planning assistance
                        guarantees; terms and conditions; rules and
                        regulations; concurrence of Secretary of
                        Treasury to terms and conditions; payment of
                        taxes in event of default by borrower;
                        additional direct loans and grants; redemption
                        of debt obligations; funding requirements and
                        authorizations; facility title vesting and
                        status upon default.                          
                  (l)  Annual reporting requirements; contents, etc.  
                  (m)  Congressional finalization of guarantee, etc.,
                        subsequent to report to Congressional
                        committees; scope of authority.               
                  (n)  Revolving fund; creation; funding; payments and
                        transfers to general fund of Treasury;
                        issuance, redemption, etc., of notes or
                        obligations; applicability to direct loans or
                        planning grants.                              
                  (o)  Definitions.                                   
                  (p)  Citizenship or nationality requirements for
                        applicants; waiver.                           
                  (q)  Transfer of part of program to other agency or
                        authority.                                    
                  (r)  Statutory provisions applicable to inventions. 
                  (s)  Compliance by persons receiving financial
                        assistance with Federal and State
                        environmental, etc., laws and regulations, and
                        licensing requirements.                       
                  (t)  Availability of information; procedures
                        applicable; scope of disclosure; persons to
                        whom disclosure may be made; "person" defined.
                  (u)  Scope of exercise of statutory authorities.    
                  (v)  Nondiscrimination requirements; scope of
                        exemption from requirements for Indian tribes.
                  (w)  Participation by small business concerns in
                        program.                                      
                  (x)  Recordkeeping requirements; audit by
                        Comptroller General; labor standards at
                        construction facilities.                      
                  (y)  Issuance of obligations for synthetic fuel
                        conversion facilities and municipal organic
                        waste energy generation facilities; rules and
                        regulations; statutory provisions
                        inapplicable; limitation on outstanding
                        indebtedness; additional procedural
                        requirements and terms and conditions
                        applicable.                                   
    5920.       Financial support program for municipal waste
                 reprocessing demonstration facilities.               
                  (a)  Statement of purpose.                          
                  (b)  Grants, contracts, price supports, and
                        cooperative agreements implementing programs;
                        aggregate amount of funds available;
                        "municipal" defined; ownership, operation,
                        etc., of facilities; Federal share; price
                        support program regulations for revenue
                        producing products.                           
                  (c)  Consultation with Environmental Protection
                        Agency to insure compliance with provisions
                        relating to solid waste disposal full-scale
                        demonstration facilities; administration of
                        projects subject to May 7, 1976, Interagency
                        Agreement.                                    
                  (d)  Guidelines for obtaining program information
                        from municipalities; availability of
                        information, etc., to Congressional
                        committees; annual reports to Congress;
                        contents, etc.                                
                  (e)  Transfer of part of program to other agency or
                        authority.                                    
                  (f)  Compliance by municipalities receiving
                        financial assistance with Federal and State
                        environmental, etc., laws and regulations, and
                        licensing requirements.                       
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                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in sections 5903d, 5907a, 6981,
    7135a, 7259a, 8837, 13435, 13541 of this title; title 7 sections
    341, 427, 1932; title 15 sections 2507, 2705, 5103, 5303.
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