---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16163"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16163"
heading: "Miscellaneous provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16163"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Hydrogen"
---

# §16163. Miscellaneous provisions

- (a) **Representation—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) may represent the United States interests with respect to activities and programs under this subchapter, in coordination with the [Department](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1) of Transportation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and other relevant Federal [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), before governments and nongovernmental organizations including—
  - (1) other Federal, [State](/usc/42/15951.md?p=b-2), regional, and local governments and their representatives;
  - (2) industry and its representatives, including members of the energy and transportation industries; and
  - (3) in consultation with the Department of State, foreign governments and their representatives including international organizations.
- (b) **Regulatory authority—** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to alter the regulatory authority of the [Department](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 819, formerly § 814, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 855; renumbered § 819, Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title III, § 40314(1), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1008.)