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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§17142 Procurement and Acquisition of Alternative Fuels

Title 42 › CHAPTER 152 — ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER IV — ENERGY SAVINGS IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS › Part B — Energy Efficiency in Federal Agencies › § 17142

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal agencies must not sign contracts to buy alternative or synthetic fuels for vehicles or other mobility uses—except when the fuel is only for research or testing—unless the contract requires that the fuel’s lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, from making it through burning it, are no higher than the same emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel made from regular petroleum.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §17142

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

No Federal agency shall enter into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel, including a fuel produced from nonconventional petroleum sources, for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress. Waiver Authority for Alternative Fuel Procurement Requirement Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title III, § 312, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2073, provided that: “(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement under section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17142) if the Secretary determines it is in the national security interest of the United States. “(b) Notification Requirement.—The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] not later than 15 days after exercising the waiver authority under subsection (a).”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 17142

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102