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§5817a Employee-suggested Research Projects; Approval; Funding; Reports
Title 42 › CHAPTER 73 — DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES › SUBCHAPTER I — ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION › § 5817a
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Title 42, §5817a
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(a)Any Government-owned contractor operated laboratory, energy research center, or other laboratory performing functions under contract to the Administration may, with the approval of the Administrator, use a reasonable amount of its operating budget for the funding of employee-suggested research projects up to the pilot stage of development. It shall be a condition of any such approval that the director of the laboratory or center involved form an internal review mechanism for determining which employee-suggested projects merit funding in a given fiscal year; and any such project may be funded in one or more succeeding years if the review process indicates that it merits such funding.
(b)Each director of a laboratory or center specified in subsection (a) of this section shall submit an annual report to the Administrator on projects being funded under this section; and on completion of each such project shall submit a report to the Technical Information Center of the Administration for inclusion in its data base.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by section 7151(a) and 7293 of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 5817a
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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Aug 21, 2026
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