§16353 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Department must only award funds after an impartial review of a proposal’s scientific and technical merit, done by or for the Department. Competitive awards must be open to all qualified entities in five groups—universities, national laboratories, private entities (nonprofit or for-profit), state or local governments, and consortia—and Congress urges using competition for R&D, demonstration, and commercial application work whenever practicable.

Title 42, §16353

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(a)Awards of funds authorized under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be made only after an impartial review of the scientific and technical merit of the proposals for the awards has been carried out by or for the Department.

(b)Competitive awards under this Act shall involve competitions open to all qualified entities within one or more of the following categories:

(1)Institutions of higher education.

(2)National Laboratories.

(3)Nonprofit and for-profit private entities.

(4)State and local governments.

(5)Consortia of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (4).

(c)It is the sense of Congress that research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities carried out by the Department should be awarded using competitive procedures, to the maximum extent practicable.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 109–58, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 594, known as the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and repealed numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 15801 of this title and Tables.

§16353 Merit review of proposals