42 USC § 17212 - Water power technology research, development, and demonstration

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s17212"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 17212 - Water power technology research, development, and demonstration"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "17212"
section_name: "Water power technology research, development, and demonstration"
chapter_number: 152
chapter_name: "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ACCELERATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Water Power Research and Development"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 633, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3001(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2480.)"
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# § 17212. Water power technology research, development, and demonstration

The Secretary shall carry out a program to conduct research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of water power technologies in support of each of the following purposes:

**(1)** To promote research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of water power generation technologies in order to increase capacity and reduce the cost of those technologies.

**(2)** To promote research and development to improve the environmental impact of water power technologies.

**(3)** To provide grid reliability and resilience, including through technologies that facilitate new market opportunities, such as ancillary services, for water power.

**(4)** To promote the development of water power technologies to improve economic growth and enhance cross-institutional foundational workforce development in the water power sector, including in coastal communities.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 633, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3001(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2480.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 17212, , , , related to marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development, prior to the general amendment of this part by .