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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§7278 Availability of appropriations for Department of Energy for transportation, uniforms, security, and price support and loan guarantee programs; transfer of funds; acceptance of contributions

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part C— - General Administrative Provisions › § 7278

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Appropriations for the Department of Energy in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, on and after October 2, 1992, may be used to pay for things like hiring passenger vehicles, operating and maintaining aircraft, buying and cleaning uniforms, and reimbursing the General Services Administration for security guard services. Those funds may also be transferred to other federal agencies to do work the money is meant to pay for. No money from these appropriations may be used to carry out authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless an appropriation Act specifically provides for those programs. On and after October 2, 1992, the Secretary may accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private sources and may carry out projects together with federal, state, private, or foreign partners.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7278

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Appropriations for the Department of Energy under this title 11 See References in Text note below. in this and subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, on and after October 2, 1992, shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase, repair and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard services. From these appropriations, transfers of sums may on and after October 2, 1992, be made to other agencies of the United States Government for the performance of work for which this appropriation is made. None of the funds made available to the Department of Energy under this Act or subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts shall be used to implement or finance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless specific provision is made for such programs in an appropriation Act. The Secretary is authorized on and after October 2, 1992, to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, private, or foreign.

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References in Text

This title, referred to in text, is title III of Pub. L. 102–377, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1332. For complete classification of title III to Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 7278

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73