Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 134 — Energy Policy
§ 13502. National Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Program
Statutory text
Program direction
The Secretary shall establish a 5-year National Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Program, in accordance with sections 13541 and 13542 of this title. Such program shall foster the commercialization of advanced manufacturing technologies to improve energy efficiency and productivity in manufacturing. At a minimum, the Program shall expedite the private sector deployment of advanced manufacturing technologies to improve productivity, quality, and control in manufacturing processes that can foster economic growth, energy efficiency, and competitiveness. The program 1 shall include field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number to prove technical and economic feasibility.
Program plan
Within 180 days after , the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Department of Energy national laboratories, and professional and technical societies, shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this section. The Secretary shall biennially update and resubmit the program plan to Congress.
Proposals
Solicitation
Within 1 year after , the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities consistent with the 5-year program plan. Such proposals may be submitted by one or more parties.
Contents of proposals
Proposals submitted under this subsection shall include—
an explanation of how the proposal will expedite the commercialization of advanced manufacturing technologies to improve energy efficiency in the building, industry, and transportation sectors;
evidence of consideration of whether the unique capabilities of Department of Energy national laboratories warrants collaboration with such laboratories, and the extent of such collaboration proposed;
a description of the extent to which the proposal includes collaboration with relevant industry or other groups or organizations; and
evidence of the ability of the proposers to undertake and complete the proposed project.
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section such sums as may be necessary, to be derived from sums authorized under section 13451(e) of this title, including Department of Energy national laboratory participation in proposals submitted under subsection (c).
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Policy Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–486 title XXII § 2202 · 106 Stat. 2776
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13502
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXII, § 2202, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3086.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXII, § 2202, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3086.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2202. NATIONAL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVE. (a) Program Direction.— The Secretary shall establish a 5-year National Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act. Such program shall foster the commercialization of advanced manufacturing technologies to improve energy efficiency and productivity in manufacturing. At a minimum, the Program shall expedite the private sector deployment of advanced manufacturing technologies to improve productivity, quality, and control in manufacturing processes that can foster economic growth, energy efficiency, and competitiveness. The program shall include field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number to prove technical and economic feasibility. (b) Program Plan.— Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Department of Energy national laboratories, and professional and technical societies, shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this section. The Secretary shall biennially update and resubmit the program plan to Congress. (c) Proposals.— (1) Solicitation.— Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities consistent with the 5-year program plan. Such proposals may be submitted by one or more parties. (2) Contents of proposals.— Proposals submitted under this subsection shall include— (A) an explanation of how the proposal will expedite the commercialization of advanced manufacturing tech-nologies to improve energy efficiency in the building, industry, and transportation sectors; (B) evidence of consideration of whether the unique capabilities of Department of Energy national laboratories warrants collaboration with such laboratories, and the extent of such collaboration proposed; (C) a description of the extent to which the proposal includes collaboration with relevant industry or other groups or organizations; and (D) evidence of the ability of the proposers to undertake and complete the proposed project. (d) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section such sums as may be necessary, to be derived from sums authorized under section 2101(e), including Department of Energy national laboratory participation in proposals submitted under subsection (0.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective , of provisions in subsec. (b) of this section relating to the biennial resubmittal of the program plan to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 2nd item on page 86 of House Document No. 103–7.