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[CITE: 42USC13401]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
             SUBCHAPTER VIII--REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY
 
Sec. 13401. Goals

    It is the goal of the United States in carrying out energy supply 
and energy conservation research and development--
        (1) to strengthen national energy security by reducing 
    dependence on imported oil;
        (2) to increase the efficiency of the economy by meeting future 
    needs for energy services at the lowest total cost to the Nation, 
    including environmental costs, giving comparable consideration to 
    technologies that enhance energy supply and technologies that 
    improve the efficiency of energy end uses;
        (3) to reduce the air, water, and other environmental impacts 
    (including emissions of greenhouse gases) of energy production, 
    distribution, transportation, and utilization, through the 
    development of an environmentally sustainable energy system;
        (4) to maintain the technological competitiveness of the United 
    States and stimulate economic growth through the development of 
    advanced materials and technologies;
        (5) to foster international cooperation by developing 
    international markets for domestically produced sustainable energy 
    technologies, and by transferring environmentally sound, advanced 
    energy systems and technologies to developing countries to promote 
    sustainable development;
        (6) to consider the comparative environmental and public health 
    impacts of the energy to be produced or saved by the specific 
    activities;
        (7) to consider the obstacles inherent in private industry's 
    development of new energy technologies and steps necessary for 
    establishing or maintaining technological leadership in the area of 
    energy and energy efficiency resource technologies; and
        (8) to consider the contribution of a given activity to 
    fundamental scientific knowledge.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XX, Sec. 2001, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3057.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 13431, 13451, 13471, 13522, 
13523 of this title.
