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Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFAREChapter 149 - NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMSSubchapter IX - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Part I - RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS
Section 16353 - Merit review of proposals

42 U.S.C. § 16353

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Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 16353 - Merit review of proposals
(a) Awards

Awards of funds authorized under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be made only after an impartial review of the scientific and technical merit of the proposals for the awards has been carried out by or for the Department.

(b) Competition

Competitive awards under this Act shall involve competitions open to all qualified entities within one or more of the following categories:

(1) Institutions of higher education.
(2) National Laboratories.
(3) Nonprofit and for-profit private entities.
(4) State and local governments.
(5) Consortia of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (4).
(c) Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities carried out by the Department should be awarded using competitive procedures, to the maximum extent practicable.

42 U.S.C. § 16353

Pub. L. 109-58, title IX, §989, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 911.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTThis Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594, known as the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and repealed numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 15801 of this title and Tables.