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