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[CITE: 42USC5914]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 74--NONNUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 5914. Reports to Congress


(a) Required contents

    Concurrent with the submission of the President's annual budget to 
the Congress, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress each year--
        (1) a report detailing the activities carried out pursuant to 
    this chapter during the preceding fiscal year;
        (2) a detailed description of the comprehensive plan for nuclear 
    and nonnuclear energy research, development, and demonstration then 
    in effect under section 5905(a) of this title;
        (3) a detailed description of the comprehensive nonnuclear 
    research, development, and demonstration program then in effect 
    under section 5905(b) of this title including its program elements 
    and activities; and
        (4) a detailed description of the environmental and safety 
    research, development, and demonstration activities carried out and 
    in progress including the procedures adopted to mitigate undesirable 
    environmental and safety impacts,

setting forth such modifications in the comprehensive plan referred to 
in clause (2) and the comprehensive program referred to in clause (3) as 
may be necessary to revise appropriately such plan and program in the 
light of the activities referred to in clause (1) and any changes in 
circumstances which may have occurred since the last previous report 
under this subsection.

(b) Additional required contents

    The description of the comprehensive nonnuclear research, 
development, and demonstration program submitted under subsection (a)(2) 
of this section shall include a statement setting forth--
        (1) the anticipated research, development, and application 
    objectives to be achieved by the proposed program;
        (2) the economic, environmental, and societal significance which 
    the proposed program may have;
        (3) the total estimated cost of individual program items;
        (4) the estimated relative financial contributions of the 
    Federal Government and non-Federal participants in the research and 
    development program;
        (5) the relationship of the proposed program to any Federal 
    national energy or fuel policies; and
        (6) the relationship of any short-term undertakings and 
    expenditures to long-range goals.

(c) Satisfaction of requirements for reports relating to development of 
        energy sources

    The reports required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section will 
satisfy the reporting requirements of section 5877(a) of this title 
insofar as is concerned activities, goals, priorities, and plans of the 
Secretary pertaining to nonnuclear energy.

(Pub. L. 93-577, Sec. 15, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1894; Pub. L. 95-91, 
title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 
Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 95-238, title II, Sec. 206(b), Feb. 25, 
1978, 92 Stat. 61.)


                               Amendments

    1978--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 95-238 added par. (4).

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary'', meaning Secretary of Energy, substituted for 
``Administrator'' in subsec. (a) and for ``Energy Research and 
Development Administration'' in subsec. (c) 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.


 Nonapplicability of Title II of Pub. L. 95-238 to Any Authorization or 
    Appropriation for Military Application of Nuclear Energy, Etc.; 
                               Definitions

    Nonapplicability of provisions of title II of Pub. L. 95-238 with 
respect to any authorization or appropriation for any military 
application of nuclear energy, etc., see section 209 of Pub. L. 95-238, 
set out as a note under section 5821 of this title.


 Classification of Recipients of Awards, Contracts, or Other Financial 
                   Arrangements; Reporting Requirement

    Pub. L. 95-39, title I, Sec. 111, June 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 186, 
provided that:
    ``(a) The Administrator [now Secretary of Energy] shall classify 
each recipient of any award, contract, or other financial arrangement in 
any nonnuclear research, development, or demonstration category as--
        ``(1) a Federal agency,
        ``(2) a non-Federal governmental entity,
        ``(3) a profitmaking enterprise (indicating whether or not it is 
    a small business concern),
        ``(4) a nonprofit enterprise other than an educational 
    institution, or
        ``(5) a nonprofit educational institution.
    ``(b) The information required by subsection (a), along with the 
dollar amount of each award, contract, or other financial arrangement 
made, shall be included as an appendix to the annual report required by 
section 15(a) of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5914): Provided, That small purchases or 
contracts of less than $10,000, which are excepted from the requirements 
of advertising by section 252(c)(3) of title 41, United States Code, 
shall be exempt from the reporting requirements of this section.''


 Solar Energy: Division Personnel Levels and Progress Toward Objectives

    Pub. L. 94-187, title III, Sec. 311, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1074, 
provided that: ``As a part of the annual report required by section 
15(a)(1) of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5914(a)(1)), the Administrator [now Secretary of 
Energy] shall:
        ``(a) detail the Solar Energy Division personnel level 
    recommended for the current fiscal year by the Administrator [now 
    Secretary of Energy] and submitted to the Office of Management and 
    Budget, and the personnel level authorized upon review by that 
    Office; and
        ``(b) detail progress toward completion by January 1, 1980, of 
    the objectives of the Solar Energy Research Development, and 
    Demonstration Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5551, et seq.).''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5905, 5907a, 5919, 5920, 
7267, 13522 of this title; title 15 section 2709.
