---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 13332"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "13332"
heading: "Coal-fired diesel engines"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/13332"
units:
  - "Chapter 134 — Energy Policy"
  - "Subchapter VI — Coal"
  - "Part A — Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application"
---

# §13332. Coal-fired diesel engines


The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for utilizing coal-derived liquid or gaseous fuels, including ultra-clean coal-water slurries, in diesel engines. The program shall address—

- (1) required engine retrofit technology;
- (2) coal-fuel production technology;
- (3) emission control requirements;
- (4) the testing of low-Btu highly reactive fuels;
- (5) fuel delivery and storage systems requirements; and
- (6) other infrastructure required to support commercial deployment.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1302, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2972.)