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42 U.S.C. § 6285 — Domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries
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**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this section to implement the responsibilities of the United States under chapter VII of the international energy program with respect to development of alternative energy by facilitating the overall abilities of the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries to create new markets.
**(b) Evaluation; report to Congress**
(1) Before the later of—
(A) 6 months after July 18, 1984, and
(B) May 31, 1985,
the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct an evaluation regarding the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries and submit a report of his findings to the Congress.
(2) Such evaluation shall include—
(A) an assessment of the technical and commercial status of the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries in domestic and foreign markets;
(B) an assessment of the Federal Government’s activities affecting commerce in the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries and in consolidating and coordinating such activities within the Federal Government; and
(C) an assessment of the aspects of the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries in which improvements must be made to increase the international commercialization of such industry.
**(c) Program for enhancing commerce in renewable energy technologies; funding**
(1) On the basis of the evaluation under subsection (b), the Secretary of Commerce shall, consistent with existing law, establish a program for enhancing commerce in renewable energy technologies and consolidating or coordinating existing activities for such purpose.
(2) Such program shall provide for—
(A) the broadening of the participation by the domestic renewable energy industry and related se
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**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this section to implement the responsibilities of the United States under chapter VII of the international energy program with respect to development of alternative energy by facilitating the overall abilities of the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries to create new markets.
**(b) Evaluation; report to Congress**
(1) Before the later of—
(A) 6 months after July 18, 1984, and
(B) May 31, 1985,
the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct an evaluation regarding the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries and submit a report of his findings to the Congress.
(2) Such evaluation shall include—
(A) an assessment of the technical and commercial status of the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries in domestic and foreign markets;
(B) an assessment of the Federal Government’s activities affecting commerce in the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries and in consolidating and coordinating such activities within the Federal Government; and
(C) an assessment of the aspects of the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries in which improvements must be made to increase the international commercialization of such industry.
**(c) Program for enhancing commerce in renewable energy technologies; funding**
(1) On the basis of the evaluation under subsection (b), the Secretary of Commerce shall, consistent with existing law, establish a program for enhancing commerce in renewable energy technologies and consolidating or coordinating existing activities for such purpose.
(2) Such program shall provide for—
(A) the broadening of the participation by the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries in such activities;
(B) the promotion of the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries on a worldwide basis;
(C) the participation by the Federal Government and the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries in international standard-setting activities; and
(D) the establishment of an information program under which—
(i) technical information about the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries shall be provided to appropriate public and private officials engaged in commerce, and to potential end users, including other industry sectors in foreign countries such as health care, rural development, communications, and refrigeration, and others, and
(ii) marketing information about export and export financing opportunities shall be available to the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries.
(3) Necessary funds required for carrying out such program shall be requested in connection with fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1984.
**(d) Interagency working group**
(1) **Establishment**
(A) There shall be established an interagency working group that, in consultation with the representative industry groups and relevant agency heads, shall make recommendations to coordinate the actions and programs of the Federal Government affecting exports of renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services. The interagency working group shall establish a program to inform foreign countries of the benefits of policies that would increase energy efficiency or would allow facilities that use renewable energy to compete effectively with producers of energy from nonrenewable sources.
(B) There shall be established an Interagency Working Subgroup on Renewable Energy and an Interagency Working Subgroup on Energy Efficiency that shall, in consultation with representative industry groups, nonprofit organizations, and relevant Federal agencies, make recommendations to coordinate the actions and programs of the Federal Government to promote the export of domestic renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services, respectively.
(C) The Secretary of Energy, or the Secretary’s designee, shall chair the interagency working group and each subgroup established under this paragraph. The Administrator of the Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Commerce, or their designees, shall be members of both subgroups established under this paragraph. The Secretary shall provide staff for carrying out the functions of the interagency working group and each subgroup established under this paragraph. The heads of appropriate agencies may detail such personnel and may furnish such services to such group and subgroups, with or without reimbursement, as may be necessary to carry out their functions.
(2) **Duties of the interagency working subgroups**
(A) The interagency working subgroups established under paragraph (1)(B), through the member agencies of the interagency working group, shall promote the development and application in foreign countries of renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services, respectively, that—
(i) reduce dependence on unreliable sources of energy by encouraging the use of sustainable biomass, wind, small-scale hydroelectric, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services; and
(ii) use hybrid fossil-renewable energy systems.
(B) In addition, the interagency working subgroups shall explore mechanisms for assisting domestic firms, particularly small businesses, with the export of their renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services and with the identification of potential projects.
(3) **Training and assistance** — The interagency working subgroups shall encourage the member agencies of the interagency working group to—
(A) provide technical training and education for international development personnel and local users in their own country;
(B) provide financial and technical assistance to nonprofit institutions that support the marketing and export efforts of domestic companies that provide renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services;
(C) develop environmentally sustainable renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in foreign countries;
(D) provide technical assistance and training materials to loan officers of the World Bank, international lending institutions, commercial and energy attaches at embassies of the United States and other appropriate personnel in order to provide information about renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services to foreign governments or other potential project sponsors;
(E) support, through financial incentives, private sector efforts to commercialize and export renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services; and
(F) augment budgets for trade and development programs in order to support pre-feasibility or feasibility studies for projects that utilize renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services.
(4) **Study of export promotion practices** — The interagency working group shall conduct a study of subsidies, incentives, and policies that foreign countries use to promote exports of their own renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and products. Such study shall also identify foreign trade barriers to the import of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and products produced in the United States. The interagency working group shall report to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate the results of such study within 18 months after October 24, 1992.
**(e) Omitted**
**(f) Functions of interagency working group; plan to increase United States exports of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies**
(1) The interagency working group shall—
(A) establish, in consultation with representatives of affected industries, a plan to increase United States exports of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, and include in such plan recommended guidelines for agencies that are represented on the working group with respect to the financing of, or other actions they can take within their programs to promote, exports of such renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies;
(B) develop, in consultation with representatives of affected industries, recommended administrative guidelines for Federal export loan programs to simplify application by firms seeking export assistance for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies from agencies implementing such programs; and
(C) recommend specific renewable energy and energy efficiency technology markets for primary emphasis by Federal export loan programs, development programs, and private sector assistance programs.
(2) The interagency working group shall include a description of the plan established under paragraph (1)(A) in no later than the second report submitted under subsection (e),11 See References in Text note below. and shall include in subsequent reports a description of any modifications to such plan and of the progress in implementing the plan.
**(g) Repealed. Pub. L. 102–486, title XII, § 1207(c), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2963**
**(h) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this part, to remain available until expended.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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**(a) “Energy action” defined** For purposes of this section, the term “energy action” means any matter required to be transmitted, or submitted to the Congress in accordance with the procedures of this section.
**(b) Transmittal of energy action to Congress** The President shall transmit any energy action (bearing an identification number) to both Houses of Congress on the same day. If both Houses are not in session on the day any energy action is received by the appropriate officers of each House, for purposes of this section such energy action shall be deemed to have been transmitted on the first succeeding day on which both Houses are in session.
**(c) Effective date of energy action**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if energy action is transmitted to the Houses of Congress, such action shall take effect at the end of the first period of 15 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which such action is transmitted to such Houses, unless between the date of transmittal and the end of such 15-day period, either House passes a resolution stating in substance that such House does not favor such action.
(2) An energy action described in paragraph (1) may take effect prior to the expiration of the 15-calendar-day period after the date on which such action is transmitted, if each House of Congress approves a resolution affirmatively stating in substance that such House does not object to such action.
**(d) Computation of period** For the purpose of subsection (c) of this section—
(1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and
(2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Budget contract** — The term “budget contract” means a contract between a retailer and a consumer under which the heating expenses of the consumer are spread evenly over a period of months.
(2) **Fixed-price contract** — The term “fixed-price contract” means a contract between a retailer and a consumer under which the retailer charges the consumer a set price for propane, kerosene, or heating oil without regard to market price fluctuations.
(3) **Price cap contract** — The term “price cap contract” means a contract between a retailer and a consumer under which the retailer charges the consumer the market price for propane, kerosene, or heating oil, but the cost of the propane, kerosene, or heating oil may exceed a maximum amount stated in the contract.
**(b) Assistance** At the request of the chief executive officer of a State, the Secretary shall provide information, technical assistance, and funding—
(1) to develop education and outreach programs to encourage consumers to fill their storage facilities for propane, kerosene, and heating oil during the summer months; and
(2) to promote the use of budget contracts, price cap contracts, fixed-price contracts, and other advantageous financial arrangements,
to avoid severe seasonal price increases for and supply shortages of those products.
**(c) Preference** In implementing this section, the Secretary shall give preference to States that contribute public funds or leverage private funds to develop State summer fill and fuel budgeting programs.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(2) such sums as are necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 6291
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section—
(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(2) such sums as are necessary for each fiscal
year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 94–163, title II, § 273, as added Pub. L.
106–469, title VI, § 602(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat.
2040; amended Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 301(b)(2),
Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 683.)
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AMENDMENTS
2005—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–58 struck out heading
and text of subsec. (e). Text read as follows: ‘‘Section
6285 of this title does not apply to this section.’’
PART D—EXPIRATION
§ 6285.
Repealed.
Pub.
L.
109–58,
title
III,
§ 301(b)(3), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 683
Section, Pub. L. 94–163, title II, § 281, as added Pub. L.
99–58, title I, § 104(a), July 2, 1985, 99 Stat. 104; amended
Pub. L. 100–373, § 1, July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 878; Pub. L.
101–262, § 2(c), Mar. 31, 1990, 104 Stat. 124; Pub. L. 101–360,
§ 2(c), Aug. 10, 1990, 104 Stat. 421; Pub. L. 101–383, § 2(3),
Sept. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 103–406, title I, § 103,
Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4209; Pub. L. 104–306, § 1(4), Oct. 14,
1996, 110 Stat. 3810; Pub. L. 105–177, § 1(5), June 1, 1998,
112 Stat. 106; Pub. L. 106–64, § 1(3), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat.
511; Pub. L. 106–469, title I, § 104(4), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat.
2033; Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title III, § 339(b)(2), Feb. 20,
2003, 117 Stat. 279, provided for the expiration of all au-
thority under this subchapter at midnight Sept. 30,
2008.
SUBCHAPTER III—IMPROVING ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PART A—ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR
CONSUMER PRODUCTS OTHER THAN AUTOMOBILES
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
This part was, in the original, designated part B and
has b
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