42 U.S.C. § 5501 — Congressional findings and declaration of

Page 6571 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 5501 Stat. 2124; Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1641; Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 339B(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 417, related to reports to Congress. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Dec. 27, 2000, except that repeal has no effect on any order or interpretative bulletin issued under this chapter and published as a proposed rule pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 on or before Dec. 27, 2000, see section 612 of Pub. L. 106–569, set out as an Effective Date of 2000 Amendment note under section 5401 of this title. § 5426. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pro- visions of this chapter. (Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 626, formerly § 627, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 714; renumbered § 626, Pub. L. 106–569, title VI, § 611(2), Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3012.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 626 of Pub. L. 93–383 was classified to section 5425 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–569. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective upon the expiration of 180 days fol- lowing Aug. 22, 1974, see section 627 of Pub. L. 93–383, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title. CHAPTER 71—SOLAR ENERGY SUBCHAPTER I—HEATING AND COOLING Sec. 5501. Congressional findings and declaration of pol- icy. 5502. Definitions. 5503. Development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwellings. 5504. Development and demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling systems for use in residential dwellings. 5504a, 5505. Repealed or Omitted. 5506. Test procedures and definitive performance criteria for solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and systems and suitable dwellings; determina- tion, consultation and publication in Fed- eral Register. 5507. Arrangements with Federal agencies for de- velopment and demonstration of solar heat- ing and combined heating and cooling sys- tems for commercial buildings. 5508. Program of applied research by Secretary of Energy for improvement and development of heating systems for commercial applica- tion; transmission of results to Secretary and Administrator. 5509. Supervision of systems and programs by Sec- retary. 5510. Dissemination of information to promote practical use of solar heating and cooling technologies. 5511. Federally assisted or federally constructed housing. 5511a. Solar Assistance Financing Entity. 5512. Small business concerns’ opportunities to participate in programs. Sec. 5513. Priorities and criteria of demonstration pro- grams. 5514. Regulations. 5515. Use of publicly assisted housing by Secretary in demonstrations. 5516. Transfer of functions. 5517. Authorization of appropriations. SUBCHAPTER II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION 5551 to 5556. Repealed. 5556a. Solar photovoltaic energy systems studies and acquisitions by Secretary of Energy; scope, contents, and submission dates for reports; acquisition authority and require- ments; authorization of appropriations. 5557 to 5566. Repealed. SUBCHAPTER III—SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC EN- ERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEM- ONSTRATION 5581 to 5594. Repealed. SUBCHAPTER I—HEATING AND COOLING § 5501. Congressional findings and declaration of policy (a) The Congress hereby finds that— (1) the current imbalance between supply and demand for fuels and energy is likely to persist for some time; (2) the early demonstration of the feasibility of using solar energy for the heating and cool- ing of buildings could help to relieve the de- mand upon present fuel and energy supplies; (3) the technologies for solar heating are close to the point of commercial application in the United States; (4) the technologies for combined solar heat- ing and cooling still require research, develop- ment, testing and demonstration, but no insol- uble technical problem is now foreseen in achieving commercial use of such tech- nologies; (5) the early development and export of via- ble solar heating equipment and combined solar heating and cooling equipment, con- sistent with the established preeminence of the United States in the field of high tech- nology products, can make a valuable con- tribution to our balance of trade; (6) the widespread use of solar energy in place of conventional methods for the heating and cooling of buildings would have a signifi- cantly beneficial effect upon the environment; (7) the mass production and use of solar heating and cooling equipment will help to eliminate the dependence of the United States upon foreign energy sources and promote the national defense; (8) the widespread introduction of low-cost solar energy will be beneficial to consumers in a period of rapidly rising fuel cost; (9) innovation and creativity in the develop- ment of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and systems can be fostered through encouraging direct contact between the manufacturers of such systems and the architects, engineers, devel- opers, contractors, and other persons inter- ested in installing such systems in buildings; (10) evaluation of the performance and reli- ability of solar heating and combined solar Page 6572 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 5502 heating and cooling technologies can be expe- dited by testing under carefully controlled conditions; and (11) commercial application of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling tech- nologies can be expedited by early commercial demonstration under practical conditions. (b) It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this sub- chapter to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology, and to provide for the devel- opment and demonstration within a five-year period of the practical use of combined heating and cooling technology. (Pub. L. 93–409, § 2, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1069.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 1978 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 95–590, § 1, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2513, provided that Pub. L. 95–590 (enacting subchapter III of this chapter) could be cited as the ‘‘Solar Photovoltaic En- ergy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978’’, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3006(f), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2513. SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 93–473, § 1, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1431, provided that Pub. L. 93–473 (enacting subchapter II of this chap- ter) could be cited as the ‘‘Solar Energy Research, De- velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1974’’, prior to re- peal by Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3006(e)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2513. Pub. L. 93–409, § 1, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1069, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting this subchapter and amending section 2473 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974’.’’ § 5502. Definitions For purposes of this subchapter— (1) the term ‘‘solar heating’’, with respect to any building, means the use of solar energy to meet such portion of the total heating needs of such building (including hot water), or such portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its remaining heating needs are met by other methods), as may be required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology, and in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator of the Na- tional Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) the terms ‘‘solar heating and cooling’’ and ‘‘combined solar heating and cooling’’, with respect to any building, mean the use of solar energy to provide both such portion of the total heating needs of such building (in- cluding hot water) and such portion of the total cooling needs of such building, or such portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its remaining heating needs are met by other methods) and such portion of the total cooling needs of a building, as may be re- quired under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel- opment utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and in consultation with the Sec- retary of Energy, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- tion, and such term includes cooling by means of nocturnal heat radiation, by evaporation, or by other methods of meeting peakload energy requirements at nonpeakload times; (3) the term ‘‘residential dwellings’’ includes previously occupied and new single family and multifamily dwellings, mobile homes, and publicly assisted housing owned by a private sponsor or a State or local housing authority not covered by section 5515 of this title; (4) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad- ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- retary of Housing and Urban Development; and (6) Omitted. (Pub. L. 93–409, § 3, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1070; Pub. L. 93–438, title I, § 104(f), title III, § 301(h), Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1238, 1250; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(a), title VII, §§ 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Par. (6) of this section, which defined the term ‘‘Di- rector’’ as meaning the Director of the National Science Foundation, was omitted because of the trans- fer of functions from the National Science Foundation to the Secretary of Energy and the substitution of ‘‘Secretary of Energy’’ for ‘‘Director’’ wherever appear- ing in this subchapter. See Transfer of Functions note set out below. AMENDMENTS 1988—Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 100–418 substituted ‘‘Na- tional Institute of Standards and Technology’’ for ‘‘Na- tional Bureau of Standards’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Secretary of Energy’’ substituted for ‘‘Director of the National Science Foundation’’ in pars. (1) and (2) pursuant to sections 104(f) and 301(h) of Pub. L. 93–438, which are classified to sections 5814(f) and 5871(h) of this title and which transferred functions of National Science Foundation relating to or utilized in connec- tion with solar heating and cooling development to Ad- ministrator of Energy Research and Development Ad- ministration, and pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Energy Research and Development Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Adminis- trator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy. § 5503. Development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwell- ings (a) Functions of Administrator and Secretary The Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems (in- cluding collectors, controls, and thermal stor- age) for use in residential dwellings.