Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§18631 Crosscutting research and development

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 161— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH COORDINATION › § 18631

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use the Department’s skills and resources to find chances to work with others on research, development, demonstrations, and turning new science and technology into products. As much as possible, the Secretary must build on current Department programs and coordinate activities across the Department to encourage teamwork and projects that span program lines. The Secretary must favor projects that use all affordable domestic resources, create a planning and evaluation system that is fair, independent, and able to adjust to market changes, avoid duplicating federal work, and identify programs better handled by States, industry, nonprofits, or colleges.

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Title 42, §18631

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(a)The Secretary shall use the capabilities of the Department to identify strategic opportunities for collaborative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of innovative science and technologies.

(b)To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek—

(1)to leverage existing programs of the Department; and

(2)to consolidate and coordinate activities throughout the Department to promote collaboration and crosscutting approaches within programs of the Department.

(c)The Secretary shall—

(1)prioritize activities that use all affordable domestic resources;

(2)develop a planning, evaluation, and technical assessment framework for setting objective long-term strategic goals and evaluating progress that—

(A)ensures integrity and independence; and

(B)provides the flexibility to adapt to market dynamics;

(3)ensure that activities shall be undertaken in a manner that does not duplicate other activities within the Department or other Federal Government activities; and

(4)identify programs that may be more effectively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher education, or other stakeholders.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 18631

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73