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48. Research and Development in Nonnuclear Energy Sources 



42 U.S.C. 5901-5915 



Sec. 



5901. 



5902. 



5903. 

 5904. 



5905. 



5906. 



5907. 



6908. 



Congressional statement of findings. 



Congressional declaration of policy and purpose; 

 Implementation and administration of program 

 by Administrator of Energy Research and Devel- 

 opment AdmlnLstratlon. 



Duties and functions of Administrator. 



Research, development, and demonstration pro- 

 gram governing principles. 



Comprehensive plan and Implementing program 

 for energy research, development, and demon- 

 stration; transmlslson to Congress; purposes; 

 scope of program. 



Federal assistance and participation In programs. 



(a) Forms of activities authorized. 



(b) Proposed Joint Federal-Industry corpora- 



tions; operational guidelines; powers, 

 duties, and functions; composition; scope 

 of Federal assistance and participation; 

 dissolution. 



(c) Proposed competitive systems of price sup- 



ports tor demonstration facilities; guide- 

 lines. 



(d) Support for Joint university-Industry re- 



search efforts. 

 Demonstration projects. 



(a) Scope of authority of Administrator. 



(b) Criteria applicable In reviewing potential 



projects. 



(c) Federal and non-Federal share of costs. 



(d) Submission of proposals to Administration; 



promulgation of regulations by Adminis- 

 trator establishing procedures; required 

 contents of proposals and regulations. 



(e) Amount of estimate of Federal Investment 



requiring Congressional authorization for 

 appropriation. 



(f) Amount of estimated Federal contribution 



authorizing Administrator to proceed with 

 negotiation of agreements and Implemen- 

 tation of proposal; amount of Federal 

 contribution requiring Administrator to 

 submit report to Congress as prerequisite 

 to expenditure of funds. 

 Patents and Inventions. 



(a) Vesting of title to Invention and Issuance of 



patents to United States; prerequisites. 



(b) Contract as requiring report to Administra- 



tion of invention, etc., made In course of 

 contract. 



(c) Waiver by Administrator of rights of United 



States; regulations prescribing procedures; 

 record of waiver determinations; objec- 

 tives. 



(d) Considerations applicable at time of con- 



tracting for waiver determination by Ad- 

 ministrator. 



(e) Considerations applicable to Identified In- 



vention for waiver determination by 

 Administrator. 



(f) Rights subject to reservation where title to 



invention vested in United States. 



(g) Licenses to Inventions; promulgation of 



regulations specifying terms and condi- 

 tions; criteria and procedures for grant of 

 exclusive or pai-tialiy exclusive licenses; 

 record of determinations. 



(h) Required terms and conditions in waiver of 

 rights or grant of exclusive or partially 

 exclusive llcenseB. 



(I) Publication In Federal Register by Admin's- 

 trator of waiver or license termination 

 hearing requirements and availability of 

 records. 



(J) Small business status of applicant for waiver 

 or licenses. 



(k) Protection of Invention, etc., rights by 



Administrator, 

 (0 Administration ts defense agency of United 

 States for purpose maintaining secrecy ot 

 inventions, 

 (m) Deflnitlons. 



(n) Report concerning appllatblUty of exUtlng 

 patent policies to energy programs; time 

 for submission to President and appropri- 

 ate congressional committees, 

 B909. Relationship to antitrust laws. 

 SOlO, Environmental evaluations by OounoU on Environ- 

 mental Quality. 

 {%) Continuing analysis of effeot of nonnuclear 



energy technologies, 

 (b) Employment of consultants or contractors 

 and services of other Federal agendles for 

 studies and investigations, 

 (0) Annual public hearings on conduct of en- 

 ergy research and development and envi- 

 ronmental consequences; availability of 

 transcript, 

 (d) Reports to President, Administrator, and 

 Congress; inclusion by President of find- 

 ings of Council in annual Environmental 

 Quality Report. 

 8911. Allocation or acquisition of essential materials and 

 equipment pursuant to Presidential rule or or- 

 der; transmission to Congress and effective date 

 of proposed rule or order; disapproval by 

 Congress. 

 B912. Water resource assessments. 



(a) Request by Administrator for assessment by 



Water Resources Council of water re- 

 source requirements and water supply 

 availability for nonnuclear energy tech- 

 nologies; preparation requirements. 



(b) Assessment by Administrator or others of 



availability of adequate water resources as 

 precondition for Federal assistance for 

 proposed demonstration project; publica- 

 tion of report in Federal Register. 



(c) Assessment by Water Resources Council of 



availability of adequate water resources as 

 precondition for Federal assistance for 

 commercial application of nonnuclear 

 energy technologies. 



(d) Publication of reports of assessments and 



evaluations by Water Resources Council 

 In Federal Register; public review and 

 comments. 



(e) Inclusion of survey and analysis of regional 



and national water resource availability 



in biennial assessment by Water Resources 



Council. 



5913. Evaluation by National Bureau of Standards of 



energy-related inventions prior to awarding of 



grants by Administrator; promulgation of 



regulations. 



6914. Reports to Congress. 



(a) Required contents. 



(b) Additional required contents. 



(c) Satisfaction of requirements for reports re- 



lating to development of energy sources. 



6915. Authorization of appropriations. 



§ 5901. Congressional statement of findings. 



The Congress hereby finds that — 



(a) The Nation Is suffering from a shortage of 

 environmentally acceptable forms of energy . 



(b) Compounding this energy shortage Is our past 



