§ 5813. Responsibilities of Administrator

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–438 title I § 103 · 88 Stat. 1233

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5813

   Pub. L. 93–438, title I, § 103, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1235

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–438, title I, § 103, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1235

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 103. The responsibilities of the Administrator shall include, 42 USC 5813. but not be limited to— (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources, including assessing the requirements for research and development in regard to various energy sources in relation to near-term and long-range needs, policy planning in regard to meeting those requirements, undertaking programs for the optimal development of the various forms of energy sources, managing such programs, and disseminating information resulting therefrom; (2) encouraging and conducting research and development, including demonstration of commercial feasibility and practical applications of the extraction, conversion, storage, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) engaging in and supporting environmental, biomedical, physical, and safety research related to the development of energy sources and utilization technologies; (4) taking into account the existence, progress, and results of other public and private research and development activities, including those activities of the Federal Energy Administration relating to the development of energy resources using currently available technology in promoting increased utilization of energy resources, relevant to the Administration’s mission in formulating its own research and development programs; (5) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; (6) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distribution, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization; (7) creating and encouraging the development of general information to the public on all energy conservation technologies and energy sources as they become available for general use, and the Administrator, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration shall, to the extent practicable, disseminate such information through the use of mass communications; (8) encouraging and conducting research and development in energy conservation, which shall be directed toward the goals of reducing total energy consumption to the maximum extent practicable, and toward maximum possible improvement in the efficiency of energy use. Development of new and improved conservation measures shall be conducted with the goal of the most expeditious possible application of these measures; (9) encouraging and participating in international cooperation in energy and related environmental research and development; (10) helping to assure an adequate supply of manpower for the accomplishment of energy research and development programs, by sponsoring and assisting in education and training activities in institutions of higher education, vocational schools, and other institutions, and by assuring the collection, analysis, and dissemination of necessary manpower supply and demand data; (11) encouraging and conducting research and development in clean and renewable energy sources.

2. 1977

   Pub. L. 95–39 title V § 510(a) · 91 Stat. 180

   1. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 5813(7)(12)

      Pub. L. 95–39 added par. (7)

   2. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 5813(7)(12)

      Pub. L. 95–39 redesignated former pars. (7) to (11) as (8) to (12), respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pars. (7) to (12). Pub. L. 95–39 added par. (7) and redesignated former pars. (7) to (11) as (8) to (12), respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 103 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, 42 USC 5813. as amended (42 U.S.C. 5801), is amended by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12), respectively, and inserting immediately after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: “(7) establishing, in accordance with the National Energy Extension Service Act, an Energy Extension Service to provide technical assistance, instruction, and practical demonstrations on energy conservation measures and alternative energy systems to individuals, businesses, and State and local government officials:”.

3. 1992

   Energy Policy Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–486 title I § 143(b) · 106 Stat. 2776

   1. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 5813(7)(12)

      Pub. L. 102–486 redesignated pars. (8) to (12) as (7) to (11), respectively

   2. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 5813(7)(12)

      Pub. L. 102–486 struck out former par. (7) which read as follows: “establishing, in accordance with the National Energy Extension Service Act, an Energy Extension Service to provide technical assistance, instruction, and practical demonstrations on energy conservation measures and alternative energy systems to individuals, businesses, and State and local government officials;”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pars. (7) to (12). Pub. L. 102–486 redesignated pars. (8) to (12) as (7) to (11), respectively, and struck out former par. (7) which read as follows: “establishing, in accordance with the National Energy Extension Service Act, an Energy Extension Service to provide technical assistance, instruction, and practical demonstrations on energy conservation measures and alternative energy systems to individuals, businesses, and State and local government officials;”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Conforming Amendment.— Section 103 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5813(7)) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (7); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively.

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