15 USC § 7507 - Department of Energy programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s7507"
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title: "15 USC § 7507 - Department of Energy programs"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "7507"
section_name: "Department of Energy programs"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 108–153, § 8, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1930.)"
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# § 7507. Department of Energy programs

**(a)** **Research consortia**

**(1)** **Department of Energy program** The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to support, on a merit-reviewed and competitive basis, consortia to conduct interdisciplinary nanotechnology research and development designed to integrate newly developed nanotechnology and microfluidic tools with systems biology and molecular imaging.

**(2)** **Authorization of appropriations** section 7505(b) of this title

Of the sums authorized for the Department of Energy under , $25,000,000 shall be used for each fiscal year 2005 through 2008 to carry out this section. Of these amounts, not less than $10,000,000 shall be provided to at least 1 consortium for each fiscal year.

**(b)** **Research centers and major instrumentation** The Secretary of Energy shall carry out projects to develop, plan, construct, acquire, operate, or support special equipment, instrumentation, or facilities for investigators conducting research and development in nanotechnology.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 108–153, § 8, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1930.)