Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102

§2514 Authorization for Appropriations

Title 15 › CHAPTER 52 — ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION › § 2514

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Summary

Allows specific amounts of money to be given to the Secretary of Energy to carry out this chapter: up to $30,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1977 (with at least $10,000,000 of that for battery research and development); up to $40,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1978; up to $25,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1979; up to $20,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1980; and up to $45,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1981. Money appropriated under these limits can be used until it is all spent. Any amount authorized for a year before the year ending September 30, 1981 but not actually appropriated may still be appropriated in later years through the year ending September 30, 1983. Money the Secretary gets from selling or leasing vehicles or from other activities under this chapter can be kept and used for the same purposes and may remain available until spent. The yearly amounts allowed above must be reduced by whatever money is received that year.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2514

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(a)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy, for purposes of carrying out this chapter, (1) not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, except that at least $10,000,000 of such authorization shall be allocated for battery research and development; (2) not to exceed $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; (3) not to exceed $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; (4) not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; and (5) not to exceed $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended, and any amount authorized for any fiscal year prior to the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, but not appropriated, may be appropriated for any succeeding fiscal year through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983.
(b)Any moneys received by the Secretary of Energy from vehicle sales or leases or other activities under this chapter may be retained and used for purposes of carrying out this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3302(b) of title 31, and may remain available until expended; but the amount authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of the moneys so received in that year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In subsec. (b), “section 3302(b) of title 31” substituted for “section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Administrator” pursuant to section 301(a) of Pub. L. 95–91, see Codification note set out under section 2502 of this title.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2514

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102