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 92 STAT. 80

Administrative regulations.

Certification, provisions.

Certifications, availability to congressional committees. 5 USC 500 et seq. 42 USC 5916.

PUBLIC LAW 95-238—FEB. 25, 1978 tion, public or private agency, institution, organization, corporation, partnership, or individual for research and development leading to advanced automobile propulsion systems which are likely to help meet the Nation's long-term goals with respect to fuel economy, environmental protection, and other objectives. (c) In providing financial assistance under this title, the Secretary of Energy shall give fidl consideration to the capabilities of Federal laboratories, except that not more than 60 per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization under section 312 shall be directly expended in Federal laboratories. In accordance with section 307, such laboratories shall be available for testing components and subsystems which, in the Secretary of Energy's judgment, is likely to contribute to the development of advanced automobile propulsion systems. (d) The Secretary of Energy shall conduct evaluations, arrange for tests, and disseminate information pursuant to section 307 and submit reports required under section 310. (e) The Department of Energy shall intensify research in key basic science areas in which the lack of knowledge limits development of advanced automobile propulsion systems. (f)(1) The Secretary of Energy shall insure that the conduct of the program as defined in subsection (a) of this section— (A) supplements the autoniotive propulsion system research and development efforts of industry; (B) is not formulated in a manner that will supplant private industry research and development or displace or lessen industry's research and development; and (C) avoids duplication of private research and development. (2) To that end, the Secretary of Energy shall issue administrative regulations, within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, which shall specify procedures, standards, and criteria for the timely review for compliance of each new contract, grant. Department of Energy project, or other agency project funded or to be funded under the authority of this Act. Such regulations shall require that the Secretary of Energy or his designee shall certify that each such contract, grant, or project satisfies the requirement of this subsection, and shall include in such certification a discussion of the relationship of any related or comparable industry research and development, in terms of this subsection, to the proposed research and development under the authority of this Act. The discussion shall also address related issues, such as cost sharing and patent rights. (3) Such certifications shall be available to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to such certifications and no court shall have any jurisdiction to review the preparation or adequacy of such certifications; but section 553 of title 5, United States Code, and section 17 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, as amended, shall apply to public disclosure of such certifications. (4) The Secretary of Energy also shall include in the report required by section 310(a) of this Act a detailed discussion of how each research and development contract, grant, or project funded under the authority of this Act satisfies the requirement of this subsection. (5) Further, the Secretary of Energy in each annual budget submission to the Congress, or amendment thereto, for the programs author-

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