---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16375"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16375"
heading: "Program administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16375"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter IX — Research and Development"
  - "Part J — Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation"
---

# §16375. Program administration

- (a) **Requirement—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall establish a uniform system to service the [Federal credit instruments](/usc/42/16371.md?p=5) provided under the [CIFIA program](/usc/42/16371.md?p=1).
- (b) **Fees—** If funding sufficient to cover the costs of services of expert firms retained pursuant to [subsection (d)](#d) and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing the [Federal credit instruments](/usc/42/16371.md?p=5) is not provided in an appropriations Act for a fiscal year, the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4), during that fiscal year, may collect fees on or after the date of the financial close of a [Federal credit instrument](/usc/42/16371.md?p=5) provided under the [CIFIA program](/usc/42/16371.md?p=1) at a level that is sufficient to cover those costs.
- (c) **Servicer—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) may appoint a financial entity to assist the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) in servicing the [Federal credit instruments](/usc/42/16371.md?p=5).
  - (2) **Duties—** A servicer appointed under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall act as the agent for the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4).
  - (3) **Fee—** A servicer appointed under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall receive a servicing fee, subject to approval by the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4).
- (d) **Assistance from expert firms—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) may retain the services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and [project](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of [Federal credit instruments](/usc/42/16371.md?p=5).
- (e) **Expedited processing—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall implement procedures and measures to economize the time and cost involved in obtaining approval and the issuance of credit assistance under the [CIFIA program](/usc/42/16371.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 999E, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title III, § 40304(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 999.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 16375, Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 999E, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 923, related to limitations on eligibility for awards, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title III, § 301(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1181.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Wage Rate Requirements

For provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of Pub. L. 117–58, including authority of Secretary of Labor, see section 18851 of this title.