{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-17142","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 17142","heading":"Procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels","body":"No Federal agency shall enter into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel, including a fuel produced from nonconventional petroleum sources, for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 152—ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY"],"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":"7359b320955828e14e7562a167d86c3044c54b02ef8d9063bd2b08caa7e9dc3d","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-17141","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-17143"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
