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[CITE: 42USC5503]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 71--SOLAR ENERGY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--HEATING AND COOLING
 
Sec. 5503. Development and demonstration of solar heating 
        systems for use in residential dwellings
        

(a) Functions of Administrator and Secretary

    The Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and 
carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the development 
and demonstration of solar heating systems (including collectors, 
controls, and thermal storage) for use in residential dwellings.

(b) Time for determination, prescription and publishing of interim 
        performance criteria; selection of designs for suitable 
        dwellings

    (1) Within 120 days after September 3, 1974, the Secretary, 
utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology and in consultation with the Administrator and 
the Secretary of Energy, shall determine, prescribe, and publish--
        (A) interim performance criteria for solar heating components 
    and systems to be used in residential dwellings, and
        (B) interim performance criteria (relating to suitability for 
    solar heating) for such dwellings themselves,

taking into account in each instance climatic variations existing 
between different geographic areas.
    (2) As soon as possible after the publication of the performance 
criteria prescribed under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
and the Administrator, will select on the basis of open competition a 
number of designs for various types of residential dwellings suitable 
for and adapted to the installation of solar heating systems meeting the 
performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1)(A).

(c) Contracts and grants for development of heating systems for 
        commercial production and residential use; contracts for 
        procurement of heating systems and components

    The Administrator, in accordance with the applicable provisions of 
title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 [42 U.S.C. 
2471 et seq.] and under program guidelines established jointly by the 
Administrator and the Secretary, shall, after consultation with the 
Secretary--
        (1) enter into such contracts and grants as may be necessary or 
    appropriate for the development (for commercial production and 
    residential use) of solar heating systems meeting the performance 
    criteria prescribed under subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section 
    (including any further planning and design which may be required to 
    conform with the specifications set forth in such criteria); and
        (2) enter into contracts with a number of persons or firms for 
    the procurement of solar heating components and systems meeting such 
    performance criteria (including adequate numbers of spare and 
    replacement parts for such systems).

(d) Installation of heating systems; operation during demonstration 
        period; title and ownership of dwellings and systems; agreement 
        of owner to observe and monitor system for five years; reports 
        by owner

    The Secretary shall (1) arrange for the installation of solar 
heating systems procured by the Administrator under subsection (c)(2) of 
this section in a substantial number of residential dwellings and (2) 
provide for the satisfactory operation of such installations during the 
demonstration period. Title to and ownership of any dwellings 
constructed hereunder and of solar heating systems installed hereunder 
may be conveyed to purchasers or owners of such dwellings under terms 
and conditions prescribed by the Secretary, including an express 
agreement that any such purchaser or owner shall, in such manner and 
form and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, 
observe and monitor (or permit the Secretary to observe and monitor) the 
performance and operation of such system for a period of five years, and 
that such purchaser or owner (including any subsequent owner and 
occupant of the property who also makes such an agreement) shall 
regularly furnish the Secretary with such reports thereon as the 
agreement may require.

(e) Installation of heating systems by Secretary of Defense in dwellings 
        located on Federal or federally administered property

    The Secretary of Defense shall arrange for the installation of solar 
heating systems procured by the Administrator under subsection (c)(2) of 
this section in a substantial number of residential dwellings which are 
located on Federal or federally administered property where the 
performance and operation of such systems can be regularly and 
effectively observed and monitored by designated Federal personnel.

(f) Coordination of activities to assure a realistic and effective 
        demonstration

    The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense, and officials 
responsible for administering Federal or federally administered 
property, shall coordinate their activities under this section to assure 
that solar heating systems are installed in a substantial number of 
residential dwellings and in a sufficient number of different geographic 
areas under varying climatic conditions to constitute a realistic and 
effective demonstration in support of the objectives of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 93-409, Sec. 5, 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.)

                       References in Text

    The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, referred to in 
subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 85-568, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 426, as amended. 
Title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 is classified 
generally to subchapter II (Sec. 2471 et seq.) of chapter 26 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 2451 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (b)(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'', meaning 
Director of National Science Foundation, in subsec. (b)(1) 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 sections 2473, 5506, 5507, 5509, 
5511, 5513 of this title.
