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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§2706 Informational and Testing Functions of Secretary of Energy

Title 15 › Chapter 54— AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › § 2706

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must consider any reasonable new or improved technology that is sent in writing and could help develop advanced car propulsion systems. The Secretary must also collect, study, and share useful information, data, and materials with developers. The EPA Administrator must test each advanced propulsion system installed in a suitably modified production vehicle that was partly funded under this program or sent by the Secretary. Tests must check compliance with exhaust rules and other EPA‑administered laws (including the Clean Air Act and the Noise Control Act) and must measure fuel economy. The EPA must send all test data and results to the Secretary of Energy.

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Title 15, §2706

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(a)The Secretary of Energy shall, for the purposes of performing his responsibilities under this chapter, consider any reasonable new or improved technology, a description of which is submitted to the Secretary of Energy in writing, which could lead or contribute to the development of advanced automobile propulsion system technology.
(b)The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall test, or cause to be tested, in a facility subject to Environmental Protection Agency supervision, each advanced automobile propulsion system in an appropriately modified production vehicle equipped with such a system developed in whole or in part with Federal financial assistance under this chapter, or referred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for such purpose by the Secretary of Energy, to determine whether such vehicle complies with any exhaust emission standards or any other requirements promulgated or reasonably expected to be promulgated under any provision of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857 et seq.) [42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.], the Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.), or any other provision of Federal law administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. In conjunction with any test for compliance with exhaust emission standards under this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall also conduct tests to determine the fuel economy of such vehicle. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit all test data and the results of such tests to the Secretary of Energy.
(c)The Secretary of Energy shall collect, analyze, and disseminate to developers information, data, and materials that may be relevant to the development of advanced automobile propulsion system technology.

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The Clean Air Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act July 14, 1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, which is classified generally to chapter 85 (§ 7401 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 7401 of Title 42 and Tables. The Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 92–574, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1234, which is classified principally to chapter 65 (§ 4901 et seq.) of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 4901 of Title 42 and Tables.

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15 U.S.C. § 2706

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60