§2922d — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must make a plan to use fuel made from coal, oil shale, or tar sands when the Secretary thinks it is in the national interest. Covered fuel means fuel made in whole or in part from those materials, drawn out by mining or in‑place methods, and refined or processed in the United States. The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts or agreements to buy this fuel for Department of Defense needs. The fuel must meet clean domestic standards that the Secretary sets with the Department of Energy. Contracts may run for one or more years. The Secretary may also study U.S. locations that could supply this fuel to help with procurement.

Title 10, §2922d

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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall develop a strategy to use fuel produced, in whole or in part, from coal, oil shale, and tar sands (referred to in this section as a “covered fuel”) that are extracted by either mining or in-situ methods and refined or otherwise processed in the United States in order to assist in meeting the fuel requirements of the Department of Defense when the Secretary determines that it is in the national interest.

(b)The Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more contracts or other agreements (that meet the requirements of this section) to procure a covered fuel to meet one or more fuel requirements of the Department of Defense.

(c)A covered fuel may be procured under subsection (b) only if the covered fuel meets such standards for clean fuel produced from domestic sources as the Secretary of Defense shall establish for purposes of this section in consultation with the Department of Energy.

(d)Subject to applicable provisions of law, any contract or other agreement for the procurement of covered fuel under subsection (b) may be for one or more years at the election of the Secretary of Defense.

(e)In order to facilitate the procurement by the Department of Defense of covered fuel under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may carry out a comprehensive assessment of current and potential locations in the United States for the supply of covered fuel to the Department.

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Amendments

2011—Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted “one or more” for “1 or more” wherever appearing. 2006—Pub. L. 109–364 renumbered section 2398a of this title as this section.

§2922d Procurement of fuel derived from coal, oil shale, and tar sands

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Title 10, §2922d

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