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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§2705 Coordinating and consulting requirements and authorities of Secretary of Energy

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 54— - AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › § 2705

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must run the program created by section 2703 and has final responsibility for how it is carried out. The Secretary must use the Department of Transportation’s expertise when appropriate and may use other federal agencies if their skills help, following the rules for requesting help. When DOT helps, the Secretary of Transportation can use the same authorities to make contracts and grants, but the Secretary of Energy keeps overall control. The Secretary of Energy can ask any federal department or agency for help in writing, must say what help is needed, and the other agency must agree; help can be paid back or provided free. The Secretary must consult with the EPA Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation and set up regular talks with scientists, industry, and other experts. The Secretary may create advisory panels to review funding applications. Nothing here reduces the Secretary’s duties under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.) or the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.).

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Title 15, §2705

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(a)The Secretary of Energy shall have overall management responsibility for carrying out the program under section 2703 of this title. In carrying out such program, the Secretary of Energy, consistent with such overall management responsibility—
(1)shall utilize the expertise of the Department of Transportation to the extent deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Energy; and
(2)may utilize any other Federal agency (except as provided in paragraph (1)) in accordance with subsection (c) in carrying out any activities under this chapter, to the extent that the Secretary of Energy determines that any such agency has capabilities which would allow such agency to contribute to the purposes of this chapter.
(b)The Secretary of Transportation, whenever the expertise of the Department of Transportation is utilized in accordance with subsection (a), may exercise the powers granted to the Secretary of Energy under subsection (c) and shall enter into contracts and make grants for such purpose, subject to the overall management responsibility of the Secretary of Energy.
(c)The Secretary of Energy may, in accordance with subsection (a), obtain the assistance of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal Government upon written request, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise and with the consent of such department, agency, or instrumentality. Each such request shall identify the assistance the Secretary of Energy deems necessary to carry out any duty under this chapter.
(d)The Secretary of Energy shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Transportation, and shall establish procedures for periodic consultation with representatives of science, industry, and such other groups as may have special expertise in the area of automobile propulsion system research, development, and technology. The Secretary of Energy may establish such advisory panels as he deems appropriate to review and make recommendations with respect to applications for funding under this chapter.
(e)Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to reduce in any way the responsibilities of the Secretary of Energy for automotive research, development, and demonstration under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.) and the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.).

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The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (e), 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 (42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (e), 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.

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15 U.S.C. § 2705

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73