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§7373 Coordinated dissemination of information on renewable energy resources and conservation

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XII— - RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES › § 7373

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Coordinate all Department of Energy efforts to share information about renewable energy and energy conservation, including work done by others with DOE help. The Secretary must send Congress an annual report on the status of those efforts and how they are coordinated with similar work at other federal agencies.

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Title 42, §7373

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In order to improve the effectiveness of Federal information dissemination activities in the fields of renewable energy resources and energy conservation with the objective of developing and promoting better public understanding of these resources and their potential uses, the Secretary shall—
(1)take affirmative steps to coordinate all of the activities of the Department of Energy, whether conducted by the Department itself or by other public or private entities with assistance from the Department, which are aimed at or involve the dissemination of information with respect to renewable energy resources or energy conservation, and
(2)report annually to the Congress on the status of such activities, including a description of how the information dissemination activities and services of the Department of Energy in the fields of renewable energy resources and energy conservation are being coordinated with similar or related activities and services of other Federal agencies.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in par. (2) of this section, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 18th item on page 87 of House Document No. 103–7.

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42 U.S.C. § 7373

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73