Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part C · Chapter 91 — National Energy Conservation Policy
§ 8274. Acquisition of systems
Statutory text
The program established by section 8272 of this title shall provide for the acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems and associated storage capability by the Secretary for their use by Federal agencies, and for the acquisition of such systems and associated capability by Federal agencies for their own use in cases where the authority to make such acquisition has been delegated to the agency involved by the Secretary. The acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems shall be at an annual level substantial enough to allow use of low-cost production techniques by suppliers of such systems. The Secretary (or other Federal agency acting under delegation from the Secretary) is authorized to make such acquisitions through the use of multiyear contracts. Authority under this part to enter into acquisition contracts shall be only to the extent as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
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.
Federal Photovoltaic Utilization Act
Pub. L. 95–619 title V § 565 · 92 Stat. 3206
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 8274
Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 565, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3281
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 565, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3281Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 565. ACQUISITION OF SYSTEMS. The program established by section 563 shall provide for the acquisition 42 USC 8274. of photovoltaic solar electric systems and associated storage capability by the Secretary for their use by Federal agencies. The acquisition of photovoltaic solar electric systems shall be at an annual level substantial enough to allow use of low-cost production techniques by suppliers of such systems. The Secretary is authorized to make such acquisitions through the use of multiyear contracts. Authority under this part to enter into acquisition contracts shall be only to the extent as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts.Energy Security Act
Pub. L. 96–294 title IV § 407(2)(A) · 94 Stat. 611
Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 8274
Pub. L. 96–294 inserted provisions relating to acquisition of systems and associated capability by Federal agencies
Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 8274
Pub. L. 96–294 inserted “(or other Federal agency acting under delegation from the Secretary)”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–294 inserted provisions relating to acquisition of systems and associated capability by Federal agencies and inserted “(or other Federal agency acting under delegation from the Secretary)”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence of section 565 the following: “, and for the acquisition of 42 USC 8274. such systems and associated capability by Federal agencies for their own use in cases where the authority to make such acquisition has been delegated to the agency involved by the Secretary”;
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1980—Pub. L. 96–294 inserted provisions relating to acquisition of systems and associated capability by Federal agencies and inserted “(or other Federal agency acting under delegation from the Secretary)”.
Credits
1978–1980 · 2 acts
- 1978Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 565, , 92 Stat. 3281
- 1980Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, § 407(2)(A), (B), , 94 Stat. 717.
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(Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 565, , 92 Stat. 3281; Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, § 407(2)(A), (B), , 94 Stat. 717.)