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[CITE: 12USC1701z-5]

 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                      CHAPTER 13--NATIONAL HOUSING
 
Sec. 1701z-5. Demonstrations of heating or cooling residential 
        housing utilizing solar energy
        

(a) Consultation by Secretary with National Science Foundation; scope of 
        demonstrations; powers of Secretary

    In carrying out activities under section 1701z-1 of this title, the 
Secretary may, after consultation with the National Science Foundation, 
undertake demonstrations to determine the economic and technical 
feasibility of utilizing solar energy for heating or cooling residential 
housing (including demonstrations of new housing design or structure 
involving the use of solar energy). Demonstrations carried out under 
this section should involve both single family and multifamily housing 
located in areas having distinguishable climatic characteristics in 
urban as well as rural environments. To carry out the purpose of this 
section the Secretary is authorized--
        (1) to enter into contracts with, to make grants to, and to 
    provide other types of assistance to individuals and entities with 
    special competence and knowledge to contribute to the planning, 
    design, development, and operation of such housing;
        (2) to utilize the contract, loan, or mortgage insurance 
    authority of any federally assisted housing program in the actual 
    planning, development, and occupancy of such housing; and
        (3) to set aside any development, construction, design, or 
    occupancy requirements for the purpose of any demonstration under 
    this section if he determines that such requirements inhibit such 
    demonstration.

(b) Evaluation by Secretary

    The Secretary shall include in any demonstration under this section 
an evaluation of the demonstration to cover the full experience involved 
in all stages of the demonstration.

(Pub. L. 91-609, title V, Sec. 506, as added Pub. L. 93-383, title VIII, 
Sec. 814, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 738; amended Pub. L. 99-386, title I, 
Sec. 105(b), Aug. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 822.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises 
this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-386 struck out subsec. (c) which 
related to reports to Congress by Secretary not later than 6 months 
following close of year in which the Secretary carried out demonstration 
under this section.
