---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 13505"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "13505"
heading: "Integration of research and development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/13505"
units:
  - "Chapter 134 — Energy Policy"
  - "Subchapter X — Energy and Economic Growth"
---

# §13505. Integration of research and development


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 Congress a 5-year program plan for improving the integration of basic energy research programs with other energy programs within the Department of Energy. Such program plan shall include—

- (1) an evaluation of current procedures and mechanisms used to achieve such integration;
- (2) an assessment of the role that the Department of Energy national laboratories play in such integration;
- (3) an identification and evaluation of models that could enhance such integration;
- (4) an identification and evaluation of new programs, mechanisms, and related policy options that could improve the integrating process, including—
  - (A) set aside funding for matching or leveraging basic and applied programs;
  - (B) more formal linkages; and
  - (C) program coordination;
- (5) recommendations for expanded research and development and new technology areas; and
- (6) budget estimates for activities under this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXII, § 2205, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3091.)