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§7144d Office of Arctic Energy

Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER II — ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT › § 7144d

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy can create an Office of Arctic Energy inside the Department of Energy. The office must support research, development, and use of electric power and fuel technologies that are cost-effective and fit rural or remote U.S. areas, especially places with permafrost. It also covers energy work on things like better oil recovery, gas-to-liquids and LNG, small hydro and tidal power, natural gas sources, and alternatives such as wind, geothermal, and fuel cells. The office must be located at a university that has experience in these topics.

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Title 42, §7144d

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

(a)Establishment
The Secretary of Energy may establish within the Department of Energy an Office of Arctic Energy.
(b)Purposes
The purposes of such office shall be as follows:
(1)To promote research, development, and deployment of electric power technology that is cost-effective and especially well suited to meet the needs of rural and remote regions of the United States, especially where permafrost is present or located nearby.
(2)To promote research, development, and deployment in such regions of—
(A)enhanced oil recovery technology, including heavy oil recovery, reinjection of carbon, and extended reach drilling technologies;
(B)gas-to-liquids technology and liquified natural gas (including associated transportation systems);
(C)small hydroelectric facilities, river turbines, and tidal power;
(D)natural gas hydrates, coal bed methane, and shallow bed natural gas; and
(E)alternative energy, including wind, geothermal, and fuel cells.
(c)Location
The Secretary shall locate such office at a university with expertise and experience in the matters specified in subsection (b).

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 7144d

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110