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- § 13291. General authority
- § 13292. Proposals
- § 13293. Protection of proprietary information
- § 13294. Compliance with existing law
- § 13295. Repealed.
- § 13296. Authorization of appropriations
§ 13291. General authority
(a) Program
(b) Eligibility
(c) Coordination
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 621, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)
§ 13292. Proposals
(a) Solicitation
(b) Criteria
(1) The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to no more than 10 projects under this part, unless the Secretary determines that the total amount of available funds is not likely to be otherwise used.
(2) The proposals selected by the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, represent geographically and climatically diverse regions of the United States.
(3) The aggregate Federal financial assistance for each project under this part may not exceed $4,000,000.
(c) Projects
The infrastructure and support systems programs for which projects are selected under this part may address—
(1) the ability to service electric motor vehicles and to provide or service associated equipment;
(2) the installation of charging facilities;
(3) rates and cost recovery for electric utilities who invest in infrastructure capital-related expenditures;
(4) the development of safety and health procedures and guidelines related to battery charging, watering, and emissions;
(5) the conduct of information dissemination programs; and
(6) such other subjects as the Secretary considers necessary in order to address the infrastructure and support systems needed to support the development and use of energy storage technologies, including advanced batteries, and the demonstration of electric motor vehicles.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 622, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)
§ 13293. Protection of proprietary information
(a) In general
In the case of activities, including joint venture activities, under this subchapter, and in the case of any existing or future activities, including joint venture activities, related primarily to battery technology for electric motor vehicles under other provisions of law, where the knowledge resulting from research and development activities conducted pursuant to such activities, including joint venture activities, is for the benefit of the participants (particularly domestic companies) that provide financial resources to a project under this subchapter, the Secretary, for a period of up to 5 years after the development of information that—
(1) results from research and development activities conducted under this subchapter; and
(2) would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential if the information had been obtained from a participant,
shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, provide appropriate protections against the dissemination of such information to the public, and the provisions of section 1905 of title 18 shall apply to such information. Nothing in this subsection provides protections against the dissemination of such information to Congress.
(b) “Domestic companies” defined
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 623, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)
§ 13294. Compliance with existing law
Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to convey to any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity, immunity from civil or criminal liability under any antitrust law or to create defenses to actions under any antitrust law.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 624, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2905.)
§ 13295. Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title IV, § 401(b), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3282
§ 13296. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of this part $40,000,000 for the 5-year period beginning with the first full fiscal year after October 24, 1992, to remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 626, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2905.)