Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 91 — National Energy Conservation Policy
§ 8286. Consensus on factors and data for energy conservation standards
Statutory text
The Secretary of Energy shall assure that within 6 months after , the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and the head of any other agency responsible for developing energy conservation standards for new or existing residential, commercial, or agricultural buildings shall reach a consensus regarding factors and data used to develop such standards. This consensus shall apply to, but not be limited to—
fuel price projections;
discount rates;
inflation rates;
climatic conditions and zones; and
the cost and energy saving characteristics of construction materials.
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.
Energy Security Act
Pub. L. 96–294 title V § 595 · 94 Stat. 611
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 8286
(Pub. L. 96–294, title V, § 595, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 762.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–294, title V, § 595, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 762.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 595. consensus on factors and data for energy conservation standards The Secretary of Energy shall assure that within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and the head of any other agency responsible for developing energy conservation standards for new or existing residential, commercial, or agricultural buildings shall reach a consensus regarding factors and data used to develop such standards. This consensus shall apply to, but not be limited to— (1) fuel price projections; (2) discount rates; (3) inflation rates; (4) climatic conditions and zones; and (5) the cost and energy saving characteristics of construction materials.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Energy Security Act, and not as part of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act which comprises this chapter.