§13501 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

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The Secretary must create a 5-year National Advanced Materials Program to help move new advanced materials from the lab into real products. The program must speed private companies using advanced materials in high-performance, energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies for industry, transportation, and buildings. It must include field demonstrations large enough and enough in number to show they work technically and make economic sense. Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary, after talking with industry, colleges, DOE national labs, and technical groups, must send Congress a 5-year plan and update it every two years. Within 1 year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary must request project proposals that explain near- to mid-term commercialization, any DOE lab collaboration, other partners, and the proposers’ ability to finish the work. The Secretary must also set up a program with the General Services Administration to demonstrate and speed use of advanced materials in GSA purchases and transfer funds to GSA. Money needed may be appropriated, drawn for energy-efficient work from section 13451(e) and for renewable work from section 13471(c), including funds for DOE lab participation and transfers to GSA.

Title 42, §13501

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(a)The Secretary shall establish a 5-year National Advanced Materials Program, in accordance with section 13541 and 13542 of this title. Such program shall foster the commercialization of techniques for processing, synthesizing, fabricating, and manufacturing advanced materials and associated components. At a minimum, the Program shall expedite the private sector deployment of advanced materials for use in high performance energy efficient and renewable energy technologies in the industrial, transportation, and buildings sectors that can foster economic growth and competitiveness. The Program shall include field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number to prove technical and economic feasibility.

(b)Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Department of Energy national laboratories, and professional and technical societies, shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this section. The Secretary shall biennially update and resubmit the program plan to Congress.

(c)(1)Within 1 year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities consistent with the 5-year program plan. Such proposals may be submitted by one or more parties.

(2)Proposals submitted under this subsection shall include—

(A)an explanation of how the proposal will expedite the commercialization of advanced materials in energy efficiency or renewable energy in the near-term to mid-term;

(B)evidence of consideration of whether the unique capabilities of Department of Energy national laboratories warrants collaboration with such laboratories, and the extent of such collaboration proposed;

(C)a description of the extent to which the proposal includes collaboration with relevant industry or other groups or organizations; and

(D)evidence of the ability of the proposers to undertake and complete the proposed project.

(d)The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall establish a program to expedite the use, in goods and services acquired by the General Services Administration, of advanced materials technologies. Such program shall include a demonstration of the use of advanced materials technologies as may be necessary to establish technical and economic feasibility. The Secretary shall transfer funds to the General Services Administration for carrying out this subsection.

(e)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section such sums as may be necessary, to be derived for energy efficient applications from section 13451(e) of this title and for renewable applications from section 13471(c) of this title, including Department of Energy national laboratory participation in proposals submitted under subsection (c), and including transferring funds to the General Services Administration.

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Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (b) of this section relating to the biennial resubmittal of the program plan to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 1st item on page 86 of House Document No. 103–7.

§13501 National Advanced Materials Program

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Title 42, §13501

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