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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

§ 7373. Coordinated dissemination of information on renewable energy resources and conservation

Statutory text

In order to improve the effectiveness of Federal information dissemination activities in the fields of renewable energy resources and energy conservation with the objective of developing and promoting better public understanding of these resources and their potential uses, the Secretary shall—

(1)

take affirmative steps to coordinate all of the activities of the Department of Energy, whether conducted by the Department itself or by other public or private entities with assistance from the Department, which are aimed at or involve the dissemination of information with respect to renewable energy resources or energy conservation, and

(2)

report annually to the Congress on the status of such activities, including a description of how the information dissemination activities and services of the Department of Energy in the fields of renewable energy resources and energy conservation are being coordinated with similar or related activities and services of other Federal agencies.

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. Energy Security Act

    Pub. L. 96–294 title IV § 404 · 94 Stat. 611

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7373

    (Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, § 404, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 716.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, § 404, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 716.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 404. coordinated dissemination of information on renewable energy resources and conservation In order to improve the effectiveness of Federal information dissemination activities in the fields of renewable energy resources and energy conservation with the objective of developing and promoting better public understanding of these resources and their potential uses, the Secretary shall— (1) take affirmative steps to coordinate all of the activities of the Department of Energy, whether conducted by the Department itself or by other public or private entities with assistance from the Department, which are aimed at or involve the dissemination of information with respect to renewable energy resources or energy conservation, and (2) report annually to the Congress on the status of such activities, including a description of how the information dissemination activities and services of the Department of Energy in the fields of renewable energy resources and energy conservation are being coordinated with similar or related activities and services of other Federal agencies.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of reporting provisions in par. (2) of this section, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 18th item on page 87 of House Document No. 103–7.

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, § 404, , 94 Stat. 716.)

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