---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5878a"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "5878a"
heading: "Funding and encouragement of small business; information for inclusion in report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/5878a"
units:
  - "Chapter 73 — Development of Energy Sources"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions"
---

# §5878a. Funding and encouragement of small business; information for inclusion in report


The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Energy shall,[^1] include, in the report required by [section 204(b)](/usc/42/204.md?p=b) of the Department of Energy Act of 1978—Civilian Applications ([42 U.S.C. 7256](/usc/42/7256.md), note; 92 Stat. 60), information detailing the extent to which small business and [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) organizations are being funded by the nonnuclear research, development, and demonstration programs of the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Energy, and the extent to which small business involvement pursuant to [section 5801(d) of this title](/usc/42/5801.md?p=d) is being encouraged by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Energy.


## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–187, title III, § 308, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 96–470, title II, § 203(e), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2243.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 204(b) of the Department of Energy Act 1978—Civilian Applications (42 U.S.C. 7256, note; 92 Stat. 60), referred to in text, is section 204(b) of Pub. L. 95–238, title II, Feb. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 59, which is set out as a note under section 7256 of this title.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as a part of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–470 substituted “include, in the report required by section 204(b) of the Department of Energy Act of 1978—Civilian Applications, information” for “by June 30, 1976, and by the end of each fiscal year thereafter, submit a report to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate” and “Secretary of Energy” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.