Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§5507 Arrangements with Federal agencies for development and demonstration of solar heating and combined heating and cooling systems for commercial buildings

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 71— - SOLAR ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - HEATING AND COOLING › § 5507

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must, concurrently with programs under sections 5503 and 5504, consult the Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of General Services, and the Director of NIST, and make arrangements with federal agencies to test and demonstrate solar heating and combined solar heating-and-cooling systems in nonresidential buildings, taking into account each building’s size, function, and other needs.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §5507

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The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of General Services, and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and concurrently with the conduct of the programs under section 5503 and 5504 of this title, shall enter into arrangements with appropriate Federal agencies to carry out such projects and activities (including demonstration projects) with respect to apartment buildings, office buildings, factories, crop-drying facilities and other agricultural structures, public buildings (including schools and colleges), and other non-residential, commercial, or industrial buildings, taking into account the special needs of and individual differences in such buildings based upon size, function, and other relevant factors, as may be appropriate for the early development and demonstration of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling systems suitable and effective for use in such buildings.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Director”, meaning Director of National Science Foundation, pursuant to section 104(f) and 301(h) of Pub. L. 93–438, which are classified to section 5814(f) and 5871(h) of this title and which transferred functions of National Science Foundation relating to or utilized in connection with solar heating and cooling development to Administrator of Energy Research and Development Administration, and pursuant to section 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to section 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Energy Research and Development Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 5507

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73