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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part C · Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

§ 7266. Designation of conservation officers

Statutory text

The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Postal Service, and the Administrator of General Services shall each designate one Assistant Secretary or Assistant Administrator, as the case may be, as the principal conservation officer of such Department or of the Administration. Such designated principal conservation officer shall be principally responsible for planning and implementation of energy conservation programs by such Department or Administration and principally responsible for coordination with the Department of Energy with respect to energy matters. Each agency, Department or Administration required to designate a principal conservation officer pursuant to this section shall periodically inform the Secretary of the identity of such conservation officer, and the Secretary shall periodically publish a list identifying such officers.

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. Department of Energy Organization Act

    Pub. L. 95–91 title VI § 656 · 91 Stat. 565

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7266

    (Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 656, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 602.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 656, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 602.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 656. designation of conservation officers The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Postal Service, and the Administrator of General Services shall each designate one Assistant Secretary or Assistant Administrator, as the case may be, as the principal conservation officer of such Department or of the Administration. Such designated principal conservation officer shall be principally responsible for planning and implementation of energy conservation programs by such Department or Administration and principally responsible for coordination with the Department of Energy with respect to energy matters. Each agency, Department or Administration List, publication required to designate a principal conservation officer pursuant to this section shall periodically inform the Secretary of the identity of such conservation officer, and the Secretary shall periodically publish a list identifying such officers.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 656, , 91 Stat. 602.)

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