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[CITE: 15USC3805]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
     CHAPTER 64--METHANE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                              DEMONSTRATION
 
Sec. 3805. Research and development activities

    The Secretary, acting through appropriate agencies and contractors, 
shall initiate and provide for the conduct of research and development 
in areas relating to methane-fueled vehicles, including but not limited 
to--
        (1) flammability and combustibility of methane under conditions 
    likely to develop in storage or during vehicular use;
        (2) handling, storage, and distribution of methane for vehicular 
    propulsion purposes;
        (3) comprehensive assessment of the relative hazards under 
    identical circumstances of methane, propane, gasoline, and diesel 
    fuel;
        (4) feasibility, economy, and efficiency of technologies for the 
    production and recovery of methane from unconventional and 
    supplemental sources, as provided for in other authorization Acts;
        (5) engine and fuel tank design including, but not limited to, 
    optimum design for dual fuel capacity vehicles;
        (6) total vehicle construction and design;
        (7) the nature and quantities of emissions, and alterations in 
    or alternatives to emission control systems presently in use; and
        (8) overcoming institutional barriers to widespread use 
    including but not limited to restrictions on the transportation of 
    methane for vehicular use through tunnels, and the potential 
    expansion of the distribution of methane for vehicular purposes.

(Pub. L. 96-512, Sec. 6, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2830.)
