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42 U.S.C. § 5503 — Development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwellings
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**(a) Functions of Administrator and Secretary** The Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems (including collectors, controls, and thermal storage) for use in residential dwellings.
**(b) Time for determination, prescription and publishing of interim performance criteria; selection of designs for suitable dwellings**
(1) Within 120 days after September 3, 1974, the Secretary, utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy, shall determine, prescribe, and publish—
(A) interim performance criteria for solar heating components and systems to be used in residential dwellings, and
(B) interim performance criteria (relating to suitability for solar heating) for such dwellings themselves,
taking into account in each instance climatic variations existing between different geographic areas.
(2) As soon as possible after the publication of the performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator, will select on the basis of open competition a number of designs for various types of residential dwellings suitable for and adapted to the installation of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1)(A).
**(c) Contracts and grants for development of heating systems for commercial production and residential use; contracts for procurement of heating systems and components** The Administrator, in accordance with the applicable provisions of subchapter II of chapter 201 o
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**(a) Functions of Administrator and Secretary** The Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems (including collectors, controls, and thermal storage) for use in residential dwellings.
**(b) Time for determination, prescription and publishing of interim performance criteria; selection of designs for suitable dwellings**
(1) Within 120 days after September 3, 1974, the Secretary, utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy, shall determine, prescribe, and publish—
(A) interim performance criteria for solar heating components and systems to be used in residential dwellings, and
(B) interim performance criteria (relating to suitability for solar heating) for such dwellings themselves,
taking into account in each instance climatic variations existing between different geographic areas.
(2) As soon as possible after the publication of the performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator, will select on the basis of open competition a number of designs for various types of residential dwellings suitable for and adapted to the installation of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1)(A).
**(c) Contracts and grants for development of heating systems for commercial production and residential use; contracts for procurement of heating systems and components** The Administrator, in accordance with the applicable provisions of subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 51 and under program guidelines established jointly by the Administrator and the Secretary, shall, after consultation with the Secretary—
(1) enter into such contracts and grants as may be necessary or appropriate for the development (for commercial production and residential use) of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under subsection (b)(1)(A) (including any further planning and design which may be required to conform with the specifications set forth in such criteria); and
(2) enter into contracts with a number of persons or firms for the procurement of solar heating components and systems meeting such performance criteria (including adequate numbers of spare and replacement parts for such systems).
**(d) Installation of heating systems; operation during demonstration period; title and ownership of dwellings and systems; agreement of owner to observe and monitor system for five years; reports by owner** The Secretary shall (1) arrange for the installation of solar heating systems procured by the Administrator under subsection (c)(2) in a substantial number of residential dwellings and (2) provide for the satisfactory operation of such installations during the demonstration period. Title to and ownership of any dwellings constructed hereunder and of solar heating systems installed hereunder may be conveyed to purchasers or owners of such dwellings under terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary, including an express agreement that any such purchaser or owner shall, in such manner and form and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, observe and monitor (or permit the Secretary to observe and monitor) the performance and operation of such system for a period of five years, and that such purchaser or owner (including any subsequent owner and occupant of the property who also makes such an agreement) shall regularly furnish the Secretary with such reports thereon as the agreement may require.
**(e) Installation of heating systems by Secretary of Defense in dwellings located on Federal or federally administered property** The Secretary of Defense shall arrange for the installation of solar heating systems procured by the Administrator under subsection (c)(2) in a substantial number of residential dwellings which are located on Federal or federally administered property where the performance and operation of such systems can be regularly and effectively observed and monitored by designated Federal personnel.
**(f) Coordination of activities to assure a realistic and effective demonstration** The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense, and officials responsible for administering Federal or federally administered property, shall coordinate their activities under this section to assure that solar heating systems are installed in a substantial number of residential dwellings and in a sufficient number of different geographic areas under varying climatic conditions to constitute a realistic and effective demonstration in support of the objectives of this subchapter.
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**(a) Planning, Directing, and Conducting Aeronautical and Space Activities.—** The Administration, in order to carry out the purpose of this chapter, shall—
(1) plan, direct, and conduct aeronautical and space activities;
(2) arrange for participation by the scientific community in planning scientific measurements and observations to be made through use of aeronautical and space vehicles, and conduct or arrange for the conduct of such measurements and observations;
(3) provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof;
(4) seek and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest commercial use of space; and
(5) encourage and provide for Federal Government use of commercially provided space services and hardware, consistent with the requirements of the Federal Government.
**(b) Research and Development in Certain Technologies.—**
(1) **Ground propulsion technologies.—** — The Administration shall, to the extent of appropriated funds, initiate, support, and carry out such research, development, demonstration, and other related activities in ground propulsion technologies as are provided for in sections 4 to 10 of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976 ([15 U.S.C. 2503](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2503&num=0&edition=prelim) to 2509).
(2) **Solar heating and cooling technologies.—** — The Administration shall initiate, support, and carry out such research, development, demonstrations, and other related activities in solar heating and cooling technologies (to the extent that funds are appropriated therefor) as are provided for in sections 5, 6, and 9 of the Solar Heating and Cooling Demon
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5502
heating and cooling technologies can be expe-
dited by testing under carefully controlled
conditions; and
(11) commercial application of solar heating
and combined solar heating and cooling tech-
nologies can be expedited by early commercial
demonstration under practical conditions.
(b) It is therefore declared to be the policy of
the United States and the purpose of this sub-
chapter to provide for the demonstration within
a three-year period of the practical use of solar
heating technology, and to provide for the devel-
opment and demonstration within a five-year
period of the practical use of combined heating
and cooling technology.
(Pub. L. 93–409, § 2, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1069.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 95–590, § 1, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2513, provided
that Pub. L. 95–590 (enacting subchapter III of this
chapter) could be cited as the ‘‘Solar Photovoltaic En-
ergy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of
1978’’, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III,
§ 3006(f), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2513.
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 93–473, § 1, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1431, provided
that Pub. L. 93–473 (enacting subchapter II of this chap-
ter) could be cited as the ‘‘Solar Energy Research, De-
velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1974’’, prior to re-
peal by Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3006(e)(1), Dec.
27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2513.
Pub. L. 93–409, § 1, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1069, provided:
‘‘That this Act [enacting this subchapter and amending
section 2473 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Solar
Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974’.’’
§ 5502. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term ‘‘sola
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