§794 Energy conservation study

Summary

The Federal Energy Administrator must study ways to save energy and send a report to Congress no later than six months after June 22, 1974. The study must look at whether limiting exports of fuels or energy‑intensive goods would save energy and how that would affect trade and foreign relations; ways to encourage or discourage industrial recycling and resource recovery, including the economic costs and fuel tradeoffs compared with using new raw materials; and methods to encourage industry to use energy more efficiently. Within ninety days of June 22, 1974, the Secretary of Transportation, after consulting the Federal Energy Administrator, must give Congress an Emergency Mass Transportation Assistance Plan to save energy by improving and expanding public transit and getting more people to ride instead of drive. The plan must recommend emergency operating grants for expanded urban service; emergency help to buy buses and rail vehicles and whether the timetable for assistance under section 142(a)(2) of title 23 can be sped up; demonstration projects for fare‑free or low‑fare systems (including reduced off‑peak fares for elderly and disabled riders); support for park‑and‑ride facilities; and the feasibility of tax incentives for transit users.