Notes on nonnuclear energy research and development : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on nonnuclear energy research and development : US Code - Notes

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5901. Congressional statement of findings.
5902. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose;
implementation and administration of program by
Secretary of Energy.
5903. Duties and authorities of the 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 planning and programming.
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) Regulations.
(e) Amount of estimate of Federal investment
requiring Congressional authorization for
appropriation.
(f) Amount of estimated Federal contribution;
necessity for report.
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 Department 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 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. Acquisition of essential materials.
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.
5917 to
5920. Repealed.