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[CITE: 42USC5903]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 74--NONNUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 5903. Duties and functions of Secretary

    The Secretary shall--
        (a) review the current status of nonnuclear energy resources and 
    current nonnuclear energy research and development activities, 
    including research and development being conducted by Federal and 
    non-Federal entities;
        (b) formulate and carry out a comprehensive Federal nonnuclear 
    energy research, development, and demonstration program which will 
    expeditiously advance the policies established by this chapter and 
    other relevant legislation establishing programs in specific energy 
    technologies;
        (c) utilize the funds authorized pursuant to this chapter to 
    advance energy research and development by initiating and 
    maintaining, through fund transfers, grants, or contracts, energy 
    research, development and demonstration programs or activities 
    utilizing the facilities, capabilities, expertise, and experience of 
    Federal agencies, national laboratories, universities, nonprofit 
    organizations, industrial entities, and other non-Federal entities 
    which are appropriate to each type of research, development, and 
    demonstration activity;
        (d) establish procedures for periodic consultation with 
    representatives of science, industry, environmental organizations, 
    consumers, and other groups who have special expertise in the areas 
    of energy research, development, and technology; and
        (e) initiate programs to design, construct, and operate energy 
    facilities of sufficient size to demonstrate the technical and 
    economic feasibility of utilizing various forms of nonnuclear 
    energy.

(Pub. L. 93-577, Sec. 4, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1880; Pub. L. 95-91, 
title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 
Stat. 577, 606, 607.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary'', meaning Secretary of Energy, substituted in text for 
``Administrator'', meaning Administrator of Energy Research and 
Development Administration, pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of 
Pub. L. 95-91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 
of this title and which terminated Energy Research and Development 
Administration and transferred its functions and functions of 
Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.
