Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§18631 Crosscutting Research and Development

Title 42 › CHAPTER 161 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION › SUBCHAPTER II — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH COORDINATION › § 18631

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use the Department’s skills and resources to find strategic chances for joint research, development, testing, and commercial use of new science and technology. The Secretary must, when possible, build on existing Department programs and coordinate work across the Department to encourage collaboration. The Secretary must favor projects that use as many affordable U.S. resources as possible. The Secretary must create a planning and evaluation system to set long-term goals and check progress; it must be honest, independent, and able to adapt to market changes. The Secretary must avoid repeating federal efforts and find programs better run by states, industry, nonprofits, colleges, or other partners.

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Title 42, §18631

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(a)In general

The Secretary shall use the capabilities of the Department to identify strategic opportunities for collaborative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of innovative science and technologies.

(b)Existing programs; coordination of activities

To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek—

(1)to leverage existing programs of the Department; and

(2)to consolidate and coordinate activities throughout the Department to promote collaboration and crosscutting approaches within programs of the Department.

(c)Additional actions

The Secretary shall—

(1)prioritize activities that use all affordable domestic resources;

(2)develop a planning, evaluation, and technical assessment framework for setting objective long-term strategic goals and evaluating progress that—

(A)ensures integrity and independence; and

(B)provides the flexibility to adapt to market dynamics;

(3)ensure that activities shall be undertaken in a manner that does not duplicate other activities within the Department or other Federal Government activities; and

(4)identify programs that may be more effectively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher education, or other stakeholders.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 18631

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110