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42 U.S.C. 15852: Federal purchase requirement

Created in 2005 by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 2922i, 42 U.S.C. 8253, 42 U.S.C. 16317, 42 U.S.C. 17282, 42 U.S.C. 18644.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2020

    • Pub. L. 116–260, §3006(b)(2), inserted "marine energy (as defined in section 17202 of this title), or" before "electric energy" and struck out "ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal)," before "geothermal". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 116–260, §3002(o)(1), substituted "produced" for "generated". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 116–260, §3002(o)(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and inserted heading, redesignated former pars. (1) to (3) as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively, of par. (1), and added par. (2). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.