Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§7278a Availability of funds for energy and water development for multiyear contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements of $1,000,000 or less
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part C— - General Administrative Provisions › § 7278a
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Funds under "Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Science" may not pay multiyear contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or Other Transaction Agreements of $1,000,000 or less unless they are fully funded for the whole performance period at the time of award, despite section 301(c).
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Title 42, §7278a
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Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, none of the funds made available under the heading “Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Science” in this or any subsequent Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations Act for any fiscal year may be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,000,000 or less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time of award.
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section 301(c) of this Act, referred to in text, means section 301(c) of Pub. L. 114–113, div. D, title III, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2416, which is not classified to the Code. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.
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42 U.S.C. § 7278a
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73