To receive financial assistance under the Energy Policy Act, a company must show that its participation will be in the economic interests of the United States, as evidenced by investments in the United  States in research, development and manufacturing, and be a US-owned company or a company incorporated in the United States whose parent is incorporated in  a  country  which  (1)  affords  to  US-owned  companies  opportunities  comparable  to  those afforded  to  any  other  company  to  participate  in  such  joint  ventures;  (2)  affords  US-owned companies local investment opportunities comparable to those afforded any other company; (3) affords adequate and effective intellectual property rights of US-owned firms.
"§13471. Renewable energy
(a) Program direction
The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive 5-year program, in accordance with sections 13541 and 13542 of this title, to provide cost-effective options for the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources for grid and nongrid application, including field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number in operating environments to prove technical and economic feasibility for providing cost effective generation and for meeting the goal stated in section 13401(3) of this title and section 13382(a)(4) of this title.
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§13492. Program, goals, and plan
(a) Program direction
The Secretary shall conduct a program to encourage the deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies
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§13525. Limits on participation by companies
A company shall be eligible to receive financial assistance under subchapters VIII through XI of this chapter only if—
(1) the Secretary finds that the company's participation in any program under such subchapters would be in the economic interest of the United States, as evidenced by investments in the United States in research, development, and manufacturing (including, for example, the manufacture of major components or subassemblies in the United States); significant contributions to employment in the United States; an agreement with respect to any technology arising from assistance provided under this section to promote the manufacture within the United States of products resulting from that technology (taking into account the goals of promoting the competitiveness of United States industry), and to procure parts and materials from competitive suppliers; and
(2) either—
(A) the company is a United States-owned company; or
(B) the Secretary finds that the company is incorporated in the United States and has a parent company which is incorporated in a country which affords to United States-owned companies opportunities, comparable to those afforded to any other company, to participate in any joint venture similar to those authorized under this Act; affords to United States-owned companies local investment opportunities comparable to those afforded to any other company; and affords adequate and effective protection for the intellectual property rights of United States-owned companies.[...]" (Energy Policy Act (42 U.S.C. current through Pub. L. 117-49), §§ 13471, 13492 and 13525)
Energy Policy Act (42 U.S.C. current through Pub. L. 117-49), §§ 13471, 13492 and 13525
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