---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 13501"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "13501"
heading: "National Advanced Materials Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/13501"
units:
  - "Chapter 134 — Energy Policy"
  - "Subchapter X — Energy and Economic Growth"
---

# §13501. National Advanced Materials Program

- (a) **Program direction—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall establish a 5-year National [Advanced Materials](/usc/42/13506.md?p=2) Program, in accordance with sections [13541](/usc/42/13541.md) and [13542](/usc/42/13542.md) of this title. Such program shall foster the commercialization of techniques for processing, synthesizing, fabricating, and manufacturing [advanced materials](/usc/42/13506.md?p=2) and associated components. At a minimum, the Program shall expedite the private sector deployment of [advanced materials](/usc/42/13506.md?p=2) for use in high performance energy efficient and renewable energy technologies in the industrial, transportation, and buildings sectors that can foster economic growth and competitiveness. The Program shall include field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number to prove technical and economic feasibility.
- (b) **Program plan—** Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), in consultation with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Department of Energy national laboratories, and professional and technical societies, shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this section. The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall biennially update and resubmit the program plan to Congress.
- (c) **Proposals—**
  - (1) **Solicitation—** Within 1 year after October 24, 1992, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall solicit proposals for conducting activities consistent with the 5-year program plan. Such proposals may be submitted by one or more parties.
  - (2) **Contents of proposals—** Proposals submitted under this subsection shall include—
    - (A) an explanation of how the proposal will expedite the commercialization of [advanced materials](/usc/42/13506.md?p=2) in energy efficiency or renewable energy in the near-term to mid-term;
    - (B) evidence of consideration of whether the unique capabilities of Department of Energy national laboratories warrants collaboration with such laboratories, and the extent of such collaboration proposed;
    - (C) a description of the extent to which the proposal includes collaboration with relevant industry or other groups or organizations; and
    - (D) evidence of the ability of the proposers to undertake and complete the proposed [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2).
- (d) **General Services Administration demonstration program—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), in consultation with the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of General Services, shall establish a program to expedite the use, in goods and services acquired by the General Services Administration, of [advanced materials](/usc/42/13506.md?p=2) technologies. Such program shall include a demonstration of the use of [advanced materials](/usc/42/13506.md?p=2) technologies as may be necessary to establish technical and economic feasibility. The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall transfer funds to the General Services Administration for carrying out this subsection.
- (e) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated to the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) for carrying out this section such sums as may be necessary, to be derived for energy efficient applications from [section 13451(e) of this title](/usc/42/13451.md?p=e) and for renewable applications from [section 13471(c) of this title](/usc/42/13471.md?p=c), including Department of Energy national laboratory participation in proposals submitted under [subsection (c)](#c), and including transferring funds to the General Services Administration.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXII, § 2201, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3085.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (b) of this section relating to the biennial resubmittal of the program plan to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 1st item on page 86 of House Document No. 103–7.