10 U.S.C. § 2922d: Procurement of fuel derived…

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must create a plan to use fuel made from coal, oil shale, or tar sands — meaning material taken by mining or by in-place (in‑situ) methods and processed in the United States — to help meet the Department’s fuel needs when the Secretary decides it is in the national interest. The Secretary may sign contracts or other agreements to buy that fuel. The fuel can only be bought if it meets clean‑fuel standards the Secretary sets with the Department of Energy. Contracts may run for more than one year as allowed by law. The Secretary may also do a thorough study of U.S. locations that could supply this fuel.

Title 10, §2922d

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(a)Use of Fuel to Meet Department of Defense Needs.—

The Secretary of Defense shall develop a strategy to use fuel produced, in whole or in part, from coal, oil shale, and tar sands (referred to in this section as a “covered fuel”) that are extracted by either mining or in-situ methods and refined or otherwise processed in the United States in order to assist in meeting the fuel requirements of the Department of Defense when the Secretary determines that it is in the national interest.

(b)Authority to Procure.—

The Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more contracts or other agreements (that meet the requirements of this section) to procure a covered fuel to meet one or more fuel requirements of the Department of Defense.

(c)Clean Fuel Requirements.—

A covered fuel may be procured under subsection (b) only if the covered fuel meets such standards for clean fuel produced from domestic sources as the Secretary of Defense shall establish for purposes of this section in consultation with the Department of Energy.

(d)Multiyear Contract Authority.—

Subject to applicable provisions of law, any contract or other agreement for the procurement of covered fuel under subsection (b) may be for one or more years at the election of the Secretary of Defense.

(e)Fuel Source Analysis.—

In order to facilitate the procurement by the Department of Defense of covered fuel under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may carry out a comprehensive assessment of current and potential locations in the United States for the supply of covered fuel to the Department.

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Amendments

2011—Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted “one or more” for “1 or more” wherever appearing. 2006—Pub. L. 109–364 renumbered section 2398a of this title as this section.

§2922d Procurement of Fuel Derived From Coal, Oil Shale, and Tar Sands

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Title 10, §2922d

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