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51 USC § 30310 - Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s30310"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "51 USC § 30310 - Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "30310"
section_name: "Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement"
chapter_number: 303
chapter_name: "CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3366.)"
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# 1 Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement

See References in Text note below.

Section 526(a) [^1] of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142(a)) does not prohibit the Administration from entering into a contract to purchase a generally available fuel that is not an alternative or synthetic fuel or predominantly produced from a nonconventional petroleum source, if—

**(1)** the contract does not specifically require the contractor to provide an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source;

**(2)** the purpose of the contract is not to obtain an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source; and

**(3)** the contract does not provide incentives for a refinery upgrade or expansion to allow a refinery to use or increase its use of fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3366.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30310 | 42 U.S.C. 17827. | Pub. L. 110–422, title XI, § 1112, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4811. |

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 526(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, referred to in text, probably means , which is classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, but does not contain subsecs.