Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§13438 Telecommuting Study
Title 42 › Chapter 134— ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter VIII— REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY › Part B— Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution › § 13438
Summary
The Secretary, with the Secretary of Transportation, must study telecommuting’s costs and benefits for energy and transport, estimating commuting and energy cuts by transport type and commuter numbers, lives saved, pollution cuts (with EPA), and social effects. Finish within 180 days after October 24, 1992, and report to House and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee within 60 days.
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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 5, 2026
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