42 USC § 18612 - Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program

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title: "42 USC § 18612 - Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18612"
section_name: "Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program"
chapter_number: 161
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "LABORATORY MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–246, title I, § 104, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3132.)"
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# § 18612. Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program

**(a)** **In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that laboratory operating contractors do not allocate costs of general and administrative overhead to laboratory directed research and development.

**1** **Exception for national security laboratories** [^1]Public Law 114–328

This section shall not apply to the national security laboratories with respect to which section 3119  of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 () applies.

See References in Text note below.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–246, title I, § 104, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3132.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 3119 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, referred to in subsec. (b), is , which was set out as a note under , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by , , .