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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§2507 Contracts

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION › § 2507

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must provide contract money to start, keep going, expand, and run the research, development, and demonstration work needed for the project. The Secretary can contract with other federal agencies, labs, schools, nonprofits, companies, public or private groups, partnerships, or individuals. The Secretary must work with the Departments of Transportation and Agriculture, NASA, the EPA, and other federal agencies, and set up regular talks with scientists, industry, and other experts on electric and hybrid vehicles. Contracts must follow rules the Secretary sets and funding applications must be written as required. The Secretary may ignore section 6101 of title 41 when making these contracts. For vehicle demonstrations, the Secretary can buy, lease, or arrange use of vehicles using contracts or other federal help allowed by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974. The Secretary must try to share costs with others whenever practical, and for the first 2 years may make procurement or lease contracts without following chapter 83 of title 41.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2507

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(a)The Secretary of Energy shall provide funds, by contract, to initiate, continue, supplement, and maintain research, development, and demonstration activities which are necessary to carry out the purposes of the project. The Secretary of Energy may enter into such contracts with any Federal agency, laboratory, university, nonprofit organization, industrial organization, public or private agency, institution, organization, corporation, partnership, or individual.
(b)In addition to the requirements of section 2503 and 2504 of this title, the Secretary of Energy, in the exercise of his duties and responsibilities under this section, shall consult with the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Agriculture, and representatives of other appropriate Federal agencies, and shall establish procedures for periodic consultation with representatives of science, industry, and such other groups as may have special expertise in electric and hybrid vehicle research, development, and demonstration.
(c)Each contract under this section shall be entered into in accordance with such rules as the Secretary of Energy may prescribe in accordance with the provisions of this section. Each application for funding shall be made in writing in such form and with such content and other submissions as the Secretary of Energy shall require. The Secretary of Energy may enter into contracts under this section without regard to section 6101 of title 41.
(d)In addition to contracting for the purchase or lease of vehicles when conducting the demonstrations established under section 2506 of this title, the Secretary of Energy may acquire or secure use of such vehicles, or have such vehicles acquired or used by others, by making agreements and utilizing various forms of Federal assistance and participation which is authorized under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–438) [42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.] and the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–577) [42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.].
(e)When contracting and otherwise using Federal funds to conduct demonstrations under this chapter, the Secretary of Energy shall seek cost-sharing with others to the maximum extent practical. During the first 2 years of demonstration activities the Secretary of Energy may enter into procurement or lease contracts for purposes of carrying out demonstrations under this chapter without regard to the provisions of chapter 83 of title 41.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–438), referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 93–438, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1233, which is classified principally to chapter 73 (§ 5801 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5801 of Title 42 and Tables. The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–577), referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 93–577, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1878, which is classified generally to chapter 74 (§ 5901 et seq.) of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5901 of Title 42 and Tables. Codification In subsec. (b), the words “the Federal Energy Administration,” which followed “Environmental Protection Agency,” have been omitted from the Code in view of the termination of the Federal Energy Administration and the transfer of the functions of the Administration to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to section 301(a) and 703 of Pub. L. 95–91 which are classified to section 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. This transfer would result in this phrase being redundant in that it would provide for the Secretary of Energy to consult with the Secretary of Energy. In subsec. (c), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts. In subsec. (e), “chapter 83 of title 41” substituted for “title III of the Act of March 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1520; 41 U.S.C. 10a–10c)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Amendments

1978—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 95–238 added subsecs. (d) and (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted for “Administrator” in subsecs. (a) to (c) and the first time it appears in subsec. (e) pursuant to section 301(a) of Pub. L. 95–91, see Codification note set out under section 2502 of this title.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2507

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73