Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§16359 Competitive Award of Management Contracts
Title 42 › CHAPTER 149 — NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER IX — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › Part I — Research Administration and Operations › § 16359
Summary
Federal funds may not pay for management and operating contracts for National Laboratories (except those listed in 15801(3)(G), (H), (N), and (O)) unless the contract is competitively awarded or the Secretary alone grants a waiver and must tell Congress the reasons at least 60 days before award.
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Title 42, §16359
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None of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary by this subchapter may be used to award a management and operating contract for a National Laboratory (excluding those named in subparagraphs (G), (H), (N), and (O) of section 15801(3) of this title), unless such contract is competitively awarded, or the Secretary grants, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver. The Secretary may not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver and shall submit to Congress a report notifying it of the waiver, and setting forth the reasons for the waiver, at least 60 days prior to the date of the award of such contract.
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This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title IX of Pub. L. 109–58, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 856, which enacted this subchapter, amended section 8101 and 8102 of Title 7, Agriculture, and section 5523 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, enacted provisions set out as notes under section 15801 of this title, section 8102 of Title 7, and section 2001 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, and amended provisions set out as notes under section 8101 of Title 7 and section 1902 of Title 30. For complete classification of title IX to the Code, see
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note set out under section 15801 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 16359
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102