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42 USC § 16161e - Laboratory management 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s16161e"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 16161e - Laboratory management"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "16161e"
section_name: "Laboratory management"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "HYDROGEN"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 817, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title III, § 40314(2), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1014.)"
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# § 16161e. Laboratory management

**(a)** **In general** The National Energy Technology Laboratory, the Idaho National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory shall continue to work in a crosscutting manner to carry out the programs established under sections 16161a and 16161c of this title.

**(b)** **Coordination; clearinghouse** In carrying out subsection (a), the National Energy Technology Laboratory shall—

**(1)** coordinate with—

**(A)** the Idaho National Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and other National Laboratories in a cross-cutting manner;

**(B)** institutions of higher education;

**(C)** research institutes;

**(D)** industrial researchers; and

**(E)** international researchers; and

**(2)** act as a clearinghouse to collect information from, and distribute information to, the National Laboratories and other entities described in subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (1).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title VIII, § 817, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title III, § 40314(2), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1014.)

## 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 , including authority of Secretary of Labor, see .