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[CITE: 42USC5502]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 71--SOLAR ENERGY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--HEATING AND COOLING
 
Sec. 5502. Definitions

    For purposes of this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``solar heating'', with respect to any building, 
    means the use of solar energy to meet such portion of the total 
    heating needs of such building (including hot water), or such 
    portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its 
    remaining heating needs are met by other methods), as may be 
    required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of 
    Housing and Urban Development utilizing the services of the Director 
    of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and in 
    consultation with the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator of 
    the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
        (2) the terms ``solar heating and cooling'' and ``combined solar 
    heating and cooling'', with respect to any building, mean the use of 
    solar energy to provide both such portion of the total heating needs 
    of such building (including hot water) and such portion of the total 
    cooling needs of such building, or such portion of the needs of such 
    building for hot water (where its remaining heating needs are met by 
    other methods) and such portion of the total cooling needs of a 
    building, as may be required under performance criteria prescribed 
    by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development utilizing the 
    services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
    Technology, and in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, and 
    the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
    Administration, and such term includes cooling by means of nocturnal 
    heat radiation, by evaporation, or by other methods of meeting 
    peakload energy requirements at nonpeakload times;
        (3) the term ``residential dwellings'' includes previously 
    occupied and new single family and multifamily dwellings, mobile 
    homes, and publicly assisted housing owned by a private sponsor or a 
    State or local housing authority not covered by section 5515 of this 
    title;
        (4) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the 
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
        (5) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing and 
    Urban Development; and
        (6) Omitted.

(Pub. L. 93-409, Sec. 3, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1070; Pub. L. 93-438, 
title I, Sec. 104(f), title III, Sec. 301(h), Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 
1238, 1250; Pub. L. 95-91, title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 
707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, 
Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)

                          Codification

    Par. (6) of this section, which defined the term ``Director'' as 
meaning the Director of the National Science Foundation, was omitted 
because of the transfer of functions from the National Science 
Foundation to the Secretary of Energy and the substitution of 
``Secretary of Energy'' for ``Director'' wherever appearing in this 
subchapter. See Transfer of Functions note set out below.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``National 
Institute of Standards and Technology'' for ``National Bureau of 
Standards''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of Energy'' substituted for ``Director of the National 
Science Foundation'' in pars. (1) and (2) pursuant to sections 104(f) 
and 301(h) of Pub. L. 93-438, which are classified to sections 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 sections 301(a), 703, and 
707 of Pub. L. 95-91, which are classified to sections 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 38 section 3710.
