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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

90 STAT. 1162 Appropriation authorization. 42 USC 6323.

42 USC 6325.

Cooperation with State agencies.

15 USC 58.

Infra. Post, p. 1165. Energy audits. Ante, p. 1160.

PUBLIC LAW 9 4 - 3 8 5 — A U G. 14, 1976 " (c) There are authorized to be appropriated for supplemental State energy conservation plans which are approved under this section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1979.". (b) Section 363(b)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "No such plan shall be disapproved without notice and an opportunity to present views.". (c) Section 363(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by (1) striking out "project or program " and "projects or program s " in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "plan, program, projects, measures, or systems" in each case; and (2) striking out "examination" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "examination, at reasonable times and under reasonable conditions.". (d) Section 365 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); (2) by adding immediately after subsection (c) the following two new subsections: " (d) The Federal Trade Commission shall (1) cooperate with and assist State agencies which have p r i m a r y responsibilities for the protection of consumers in activities aimed at preventing unfair and deceptive acts or practices affecting commerce which relate to the implementation of measures likely to conserve, or improve efficiency in the use of, energy, including energy conservation measures and renewable-resource energy measures, and (2) undertake its own program, pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act, to prevent unfair or deceptive acts or practices affecting commerce which relate to the implementation of any such measures. " (e) W i t h i n 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall— " (1) develop, by rule after consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and publish a list of energy conservation measures and renewable-resource energy measures which are eligible (on a national or regional basis) for financial assistance pursuant to section 509 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 or section 451 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act; " (2) designate, by rule, the types of, and requirements for, energy audits."; and (3) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by inserting " ( other than section 3 6 7) " after " part ". P A R T C — N A T I O N A L E N E R G Y CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE-RESOURCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR E X I S T I N G DWELLING U N I T S ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE-RESOURCE DEMONSTRATION

SEC. 441. Title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 12 USC 1701Z-1 1970 is amended by adding the following new section at the end et seq. thereof:

((ENERGY 12 USC 1701z-8.

CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE-RESOURCE DEMONSTRATION

" SEC. 509. (a) The Secretary shall undertake a national demonstration program designed to test the feasibility and effectiveness of various forms of financial assistance for encouraging the installation or implementation of approved energy conservation measures and