2019 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 73 - Development of Energy Sources
Subchapter I - Energy Research and Development Administration
Sec. 5817a - Employee-suggested research projects; approval; funding; reports

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 5817a (2019)
Section Name §5817a. Employee-suggested research projects; approval; funding; reports
Section Text

(a) Any Government-owned contractor operated laboratory, energy research center, or other laboratory performing functions under contract to the Administration may, with the approval of the Administrator, use a reasonable amount of its operating budget for the funding of employee-suggested research projects up to the pilot stage of development. It shall be a condition of any such approval that the director of the laboratory or center involved form an internal review mechanism for determining which employee-suggested projects merit funding in a given fiscal year; and any such project may be funded in one or more succeeding years if the review process indicates that it merits such funding.

(b) Each director of a laboratory or center specified in subsection (a) of this section shall submit an annual report to the Administrator on projects being funded under this section; and on completion of each such project shall submit a report to the Technical Information Center of the Administration for inclusion in its data base.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 95–39, title III, §303, June 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 189.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 73 - DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES
SUBCHAPTER I - ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 5817a - Employee-suggested research projects; approval; funding; reports
Contains section 5817a
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 91 Stat. 189
Public Law References Public Law 95-39
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