Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part I · Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs
§ 16353. Merit review of proposals
Statutory text
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.
Competition
Competitive awards under this Act shall involve competitions open to all qualified entities within one or more of the following categories:
Institutions of higher education.
National Laboratories.
Nonprofit and for-profit private entities.
State and local governments.
Consortia of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (4).
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.
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 Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109–58 title IX § 989 · 119 Stat. 594
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 16353
(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 989, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 911.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 989, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 911.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 989. 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.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This 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.