---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2922d"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2922d"
heading: "Procurement of fuel derived from coal, oil shale, and tar sands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2922d"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 173 — Energy Security"
  - "Subchapter II — Energy-Related Procurement"
---

# §2922d. Procurement of fuel derived from coal, oil shale, and tar sands

- (a) **Use of Fuel to Meet Department of Defense Needs.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall develop a strategy to use fuel produced, in whole or in part, from coal, oil shale, and tar sands (referred to in this section as a “covered fuel”) that are extracted by either mining or in-situ methods and refined or otherwise processed in the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) in order to assist in meeting the fuel requirements of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense when the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determines that it is in the national interest.
- (b) **Authority to Procure.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may enter into one or more contracts or other agreements (that meet the requirements of this section) to procure a covered fuel to meet one or more fuel requirements of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense.
- (c) **Clean Fuel Requirements.—** A covered fuel may be procured under [subsection (b)](#b) only if the covered fuel meets such [standards](/usc/10/3011.md?p=3) for clean fuel produced from domestic sources as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall establish for purposes of this section in consultation with the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Energy.
- (d) **Multiyear Contract Authority.—** Subject to applicable provisions of law, any contract or other agreement for the [procurement](/usc/10/3011.md?p=1) of covered fuel under [subsection (b)](#b) may be for one or more years at the election of the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense.
- (e) **Fuel Source Analysis.—** In order to facilitate the [procurement](/usc/10/3011.md?p=1) by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense of covered fuel under [subsection (b)](#b), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may carry out a comprehensive assessment of current and potential locations in the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) for the supply of covered fuel to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 369(q)(1), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 733, § 2398a; renumbered § 2922d, Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2851(b)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2494; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, § 1075(b)(48), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4371.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2011—Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted “one or more” for “1 or more” wherever appearing.

2006—Pub. L. 109–364 renumbered section 2398a of this title as this section.