42 U.S.C. § 5817a — Employee-suggested research projects; approval; funding; reports

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Employee-suggested research projects; approval; funding; reports

42 U.S.C. § 5817a

ChapterSUBCHAPTER I—ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

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42 U.S.C. § 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

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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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History

(Pub. L. 95–39, title III, §303, June 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 189.)

Editorial Notes

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 sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this title.

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