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§7278 Availability of Appropriations for Department of Energy for Transportation, Uniforms, Security, and Price Support and Loan Guarantee Programs; Transfer of Funds; Acceptance of Contributions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER VI — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part C — General Administrative Provisions › § 7278

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

After October 2, 1992, Department of Energy funds may cover vehicle and aircraft hire/upkeep, uniforms, and security guard costs, and may be transferred to other federal agencies. They cannot be used for price-support or loan-guarantee programs unless an appropriation Act specifically allows it. The Secretary may accept donated land, buildings, equipment, and other contributions, working with federal, state, private, or foreign partners.

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Title 42, §7278

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Appropriations for the Department of Energy under this title in this and subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, on and after October 2, 1992, shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase, repair and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard services. From these appropriations, transfers of sums may on and after October 2, 1992, be made to other agencies of the United States Government for the performance of work for which this appropriation is made. None of the funds made available to the Department of Energy under this Act or subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts shall be used to implement or finance authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless specific provision is made for such programs in an appropriation Act. The Secretary is authorized on and after October 2, 1992, to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, private, or foreign.

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This title, referred to in text, is title III of Pub. L. 102–377, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1332. For complete classification of title III to Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 7278

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110