{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s9006","title_num":"42","num":"§ 9006.","heading":"Program selection criteria","status":null,"guid":"id79624864-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 96–310, § 7, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 944.)","seq_in_title":5768,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch98","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch98","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 98—","heading":"OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id476c74bb-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9006\"><num value=\"9006\">§ 9006.</num><heading> Program selection criteria</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Secretary shall, in fulfilling his responsibilities under this chapter, select program activities and set priorities which are consistent with the following criteria:</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id476c74bc-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9006/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> realization of energy production costs for ocean thermal energy conversion systems that are competitive with costs from conventional energy production systems;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id476c74bd-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9006/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> encouragement of projects for which contributions to project costs are forthcoming from private, industrial, utility, or governmental entities for the purpose of sharing with the Federal Government the costs of purchasing and installing ocean thermal energy conversion systems;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id476c74be-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9006/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> promotion of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities for coastal areas, islands, and isolated military institutions which are vulnerable to interruption in the fossil fuel supply;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id476c74bf-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9006/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> preference for and priority to persons and domestic firms whose base of operations is in the United States as will assure that the program under this chapter promotes the development of a United States domestic technology for ocean thermal energy conversion; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id476c74c0-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9006/5\"><num value=\"5\">(5)</num><content> preference for proposals for pilot and demonstration projects in which the respondents certify their intent to become an integral part of the industrial infrastructure necessary to meet the goals of this chapter.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id476c74c1-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/96/310/s7\">Pub. L. 96–310, § 7</ref>, <date date=\"1980-07-17\">July 17, 1980</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/94/944\">94 Stat. 944</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"113-44","currency_date":"2013-10-10","congress":113,"law_num":44,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":3,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","08","11a","16","21","22","30","38","42","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}