---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2922j"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2922j"
heading: "Annual report on purchase of drop-in fuel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2922j"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 173 — Energy Security"
  - "Subchapter II — Energy-Related Procurement"
---

# §2922j. Annual report on purchase of drop-in fuel

- (a) **In General.—** Not less frequently than annually, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that, for the year covered by the report—
  - (1) identifies each instance in which the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) purchased drop-in fuel that was not cost-competitive with traditional fuel; and
  - (2) for each instance identified under [paragraph (1)](#a-1), [states](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) whether the purchase was based on a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) requirement or not.
- (b) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “drop-in fuel” means a neat or blended liquid hydrocarbon fuel designed as a direct replacement for a traditional fuel with comparable performance characteristics and compatible with existing infrastructure and equipment.
  - (2) The term “traditional fuel” means a liquid hydrocarbon fuel derived or refined from [petroleum](/usc/10/2924.md?p=5).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title III, § 315(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1852.)