10 CFR § 473.2 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s473.2"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 473.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "473.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "473"
part_name: "AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Federal Energy Administration Act of 1978—Civilian Applications, Pub. L. 95-238; Department of Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95-91."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 55230, Nov. 24, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "473"
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# 473.2 Definitions.

For purpose of these regulations—

*Act* means the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1978—Civilian Applications. Pub. L. 95-238, 92 Stat. 47.

*Advanced automobile propulsion system* means an energy conversion system, including engine and drivetrain, which utilizes advanced technology and is suitable for use in an advanced automobile.

*Agency project* means research and development under the Act by employees of a Federal agency furnishing assistance at the request of the DOE.

*Annual funding period* means the Federal fiscal year during which a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract is funded by an appropriation under the Act.

*Applicant* means any private laboratory, university, nonprofit organization, industrial organization, private agency, institution, organization, corporation, partnership, individual, or public agency other than a Federal agency.

*DOE project* means research and development under the Act by employees of the DOE.

*Federal agency* means an executive agency as defined by 5 U.S.C. 105 (1970).

*Manager* means the Federal program official who requests grant agreements, cooperative agreements, or contracts to be negotiated or who authorizes a DOE or agency project to begin.

*Notice of availability* means a notice published in the Commerce Business Daily advertising the availability of a formal solicitation document to be issued for the purpose of inviting and setting guidelines for submission of proposals for research and development grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.

*Research and development* means activities constituting a project to create an advanced automobile propulsion system and does not mean activities involving technology transfer to mass production, evaluative testing, preliminary planning for a DOE or an agency project, or program administration and management.

*Solicitation* means a formal, written request for proposals to perform research and development under a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract, typically including evaluation criteria and a statement of the work to be done.