PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980
94 STAT. 717
strate energy self-sufficiency through the use of renewable energy resources in one or more States in the United States. (h) As a part of the pilot program, the Secretary shall establish such Subprograms subprograms as the Secretary determines are necessary to achieve the purpose of this section, including subprograms— (1) to promote the development and utilization of synergistic combinations of different renewable energy resources in specific projects aimed at reducing fossil fuel importation; (2) to initiate and encourage energy self-sufficiency at appropriate levels of government; (3) to stimulate private industry participation in the realization of the objective stated in subsection (a); and (4) to stimulate the utilization of abandoned or underutilized industrial facilities for the generation of energy from any locally available renewable resource, such as municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, or forest products waste. (c) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary is authorized to assign to an existing office in the Department of Energy the responsibility of undertaking and carrying out the subprograms established under subsection (b). In addition, the Secretary shall prepare a detailed plan within one hundred eighty days of the enactment of this Act, setting forth (1) the 3-year pilot program itself, and (2) any additional Federal actions needed to encourage and promote the adoption of programs for energy self-sufficiency. (d) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress, within one year Plan, submittal after the date of the enactment of this Act, the plan prepared under to Congress. the second sentence of subsection (c) along with a report suggesting the legislative initiatives needed to fully implement such plan. PHOTOVOLTAIC AMENDMENTS
SEC. 407. The Federal Photovoltaic Utilization Act (42 U.S.C. 8271 et seq.) is amended— (1) by adding at the end of section 562(1) the following new sentence: "Such term also applies to facilities related to programs administered by Federal agencies."; (2)(A) by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence of section 565 the following: ", 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"; (B) by inserting "(or other Federal agency acting under delegation from the Secretary)" after "Secretary" in the third sentence of section 565; (C) by inserting "(or other Federal agency acting under delegation from the Secretary)" after "Secretary" in the second sentence of section 567(a); (D) by inserting "and other Federal agencies acting under delegation from the Secretary" after "Secretary" in the third sentence of section 567(a); (3) by striking out "rules and regulations" in section 566(2) and inserting in lieu thereof "requirements"; and
42 USC 8271.
42 USC 8274.
42 USC 8276.
42 USC 8275.
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