Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§4627 Cost-sharing Agreements

Title 15 › CHAPTER 72 — SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH › SUBCHAPTER II — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE › § 4627

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

National lab directors or the companies that run those labs can put a rule into research deals with U.S. firms in the Initiative that the firm will pay part of the research and development costs. Money from these Initiative contracts that does not come from Congressional appropriations cannot be more than 1 percent of a lab’s yearly budget in any fiscal year, unless the Secretary of Energy approves more in advance. Also, no single cooperative R&D agreement under the Initiative may bring in more than $10,000,000 of such non‑appropriated money unless the Secretary of Energy approves it beforehand.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §4627

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(a)Permitted provisions

The director of each national laboratory of the Department of Energy that is participating in the Initiative or the contractor operating any such national laboratory, in carrying out programs under a contract with the Department of Energy, may include in any research and development agreement entered into with a domestic firm in connection with such Initiative a cooperative provision for the domestic firm to pay a portion of the cost of the research and development activities.

(b)Limitations

(1)Not more than an amount equal to 1 percent of any national laboratory’s annual budget shall be received from nonappropriated funds derived from contracts entered into under the Initiative in any fiscal year, except to the extent approved in advance by the Secretary of Energy.

(2)No Department of Energy national laboratory may receive more than $10,000,000 of nonappropriated funds under any cooperative research and development agreement entered into under this subsection in connection with the Initiative, except to the extent approved in advance by the Secretary of Energy.

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15 U.S.C. § 4627

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110