2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 84 - Department of Energy (Sections 7101 - 7386k)
Subchapter XII - Renewable Energy Initiatives (Sections 7371 - 7375)
Sec. 7374 - Energy self-sufficiency initiatives
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 84 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SUBCHAPTER XII - RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES Sec. 7374 - Energy self-sufficiency initiatives |
Contains | section 7374 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-294, title IV, §406, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 716. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 94 Stat. 716 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 96-294 |
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There is hereby established under the direction of the Secretary a 3-year pilot energy self-sufficiency program to demonstrate energy self-sufficiency through the use of renewable energy resources in one or more States in the United States.
(b) Establishment of subprograms to pilot programs; scope of subprogramsAs a part of the pilot program, the Secretary shall establish such subprograms as the Secretary determines are necessary to achieve the purpose of this section, including subprograms—
(1) to promote the development and utilization of synergistic combinations of different renewable energy resources in specific projects aimed at reducing fossil fuel importation;
(2) to initiate and encourage energy self-sufficiency at appropriate levels of government;
(3) to stimulate private industry participation in the realization of the objective stated in subsection (a) of this section; and
(4) to stimulate the utilization of abandoned or underutilized industrial facilities for the generation of energy from any locally available renewable resource, such as municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, or forest products waste.
(c) Implementation of subprograms; preparation of plan of program and additional Federal actionsIn carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary is authorized to assign to an existing office in the Department of Energy the responsibility of undertaking and carrying out the subprograms established under subsection (b) of this section. In addition, the Secretary shall prepare a detailed plan within one hundred eighty days of June 30, 1980, setting forth (1) the 3-year pilot program itself, and (2) any additional Federal actions needed to encourage and promote the adoption of programs for energy self-sufficiency.
(d) Submission of plan and implementation report to CongressThe Secretary shall submit to the Congress, within one year after June 30, 1980, the plan prepared under the second sentence of subsection (c) of this section along with a report suggesting the legislative initiatives needed to fully implement such plan.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, §406, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 716.)
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