Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security
§ 17142. Procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels
Statutory text
No Federal agency shall enter into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel, including a fuel produced from nonconventional petroleum sources, for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources.
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 Independence and Security Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–140 title V § 526 · 121 Stat. 1492
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 17142
(Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 526, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1663.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 526, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1663.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 526. PROCUREMENT AND ACQUISITION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS. No Federal agency shall enter into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel, including a fuel produced from nonconventional petroleum sources, for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after , see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
Waiver Authority for Alternative Fuel Procurement Requirement
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title III, § 312, , 130 Stat. 2073, provided that:
“(a) In General.—
The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement under section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17142) if the Secretary determines it is in the national security interest of the United States.
“(b) Notification Requirement.—
The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] not later than 15 days after exercising the waiver authority under subsection (a).”