{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-16359","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 16359","heading":"Competitive award of management contracts","body":"None of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary by this subchapter may be used to award a management and operating contract for a National Laboratory (excluding those named in subparagraphs (G), (H), (N), and (O) of section 15801(3) of this title), unless such contract is competitively awarded, or the Secretary grants, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver. The Secretary may not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver and shall submit to Congress a report notifying it of the waiver, and setting forth the reasons for the waiver, at least 60 days prior to the date of the award of such contract.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 149—NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"159fa7a11cd34ca171278716e73c52ec73bb833e5a0fc0c6f69c58989b6294fc","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-16358","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-16360"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}