§16391a — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must include, in the annual updated technology transfer execution plan required under section 16391(h)(2), a report to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The report must describe progress and how programs under sections 9001–9005 of this Act and sections 10714, 10718, 10719, 10720, and 10723 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act are being carried out. No later than 3 years after December 27, 2020, and every 3 years after that, the Secretary must send those two committees an evaluation of how well programs under sections 9001–9005 of this Act and sections 10713, 10714, 10715, and 10717 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act are meeting success, using short-term and long-term metrics.

Title 42, §16391a

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(a)As part of the updated technology transfer execution plan required each year under section 16391(h)(2) of this title, the Secretary of Energy (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the progress and implementation of programs established under section 9001, 9002, 9003, 9004, and 9005 of this Act and under section 10714, 10718, 10719, 10720, and 10723 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act.

(b)Not later than 3 years after December 27, 2020, and every 3 years thereafter the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an evaluation on the extent to which programs established under section 9001, 9002, 9003, 9004, and 9005 of this Act and section 10713, 10714, 10715, and 10717 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act are achieving success based on relevant short-term and long-term metrics.

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References in Text

section 9001, 9002, 9003, 9004, and 9005 of this Act, referred to in text, are section 9001, 9002, 9003, 9004, and 9005 of div. Z of Pub. L. 116–260, known as the Energy Act of 2020. section 9001 and 9003 of the Act amended section 16391 of this title. section 9002 of the Act enacted provisions set out as a note under section 16391 of this title. section 9004 of the Act amended section 16396 of this title. section 9005 of the Act enacted section 7256c of this title. The Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, referred to in text, is div. B of Pub. L. 117–167, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1405. section 10713, 10714, 10715, 10717, 10719, and 10720 of the Act are classified to sections 19301 to 19303 and 19311 to 19313 of this title, respectively. section 10718 of the Act amended section 16393 of this title. section 10723 of the Act amended section 16391 and 18861 of this title. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Act of 2020, and not as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–167 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (c) relating to an annual report, evaluation, and report on technology transfer gaps, respectively.

§16391a Technology Transfer Reports and Evaluation