Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§13438 Telecommuting study

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 134— - ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY › Part Part B— - Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution › § 13438

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, with the Transportation Secretary, must study how telecommuting would affect energy and transportation. The study must estimate: commuting cuts (by mode and number of commuters), lives saved, pollution cuts (with EPA), energy savings by mode, and social effects. Finish the study within 180 days after October 24, 1992, and send a report to the U.S. House and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources within 60 days after completion.

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Title 42, §13438

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(a)The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study of the potential costs and benefits to the energy and transportation sectors of telecommuting. The study shall include—

(1)an estimation of the amount and type of reduction of commuting by form of transportation type and numbers of commuters;

(2)an estimation of the potential number of lives saved;

(3)an estimation of the reduction in environmental pollution, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency;

(4)an estimation of the amount and type of reduction of energy use and savings by form of transportation type; and

(5)an estimation of the social impact of widespread use of telecommuting.

(b)This study shall be completed no more than one hundred and eighty days after October 24, 1992. A report, summarizing the results of the study, shall be transmitted to the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate no more than sixty days after completion of this study.

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42 U.S.C. § 13438

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73