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[CITE: 42USC5813]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 73--DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 5813. Responsibilities of Administrator

    The responsibilities of the Administrator shall include, but not be 
limited to--
        (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, 
    coordination, support, and management of research and development 
    programs respecting all energy sources, including assessing the 
    requirements for research and development in regard to various 
    energy sources in relation to near-term and long-range needs, policy 
    planning in regard to meeting those requirements, undertaking 
    programs for the optimal development of the various forms of energy 
    sources, managing such programs, and disseminating information 
    resulting therefrom;
        (2) encouraging and conducting research and development, 
    including demonstration of commercial feasibility and practical 
    applications of the extraction, conversion, storage, transmission, 
    and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy 
    from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources;
        (3) engaging in and supporting environmental, biomedical, 
    physical, and safety research related to the development of energy 
    sources and utilization technologies;
        (4) taking into account the existence, progress, and results of 
    other public and private research and development activities, 
    including those activities of the Federal Energy Administration 
    relating to the development of energy resources using currently 
    available technology in promoting increased utilization of energy 
    resources, relevant to the Administration's mission in formulating 
    its own research and development programs;
        (5) participating in and supporting cooperative research and 
    development projects which may involve contributions by public or 
    private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the 
    performance of the work;
        (6) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available 
    for distribution, scientific and technical information concerning 
    the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient 
    extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization;
        (7) creating and encouraging the development of general 
    information to the public on all energy conservation technologies 
    and energy sources as they become available for general use, and the 
    Administrator, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Federal 
    Energy Administration shall, to the extent practicable, disseminate 
    such information through the use of mass communications;
        (8) encouraging and conducting research and development in 
    energy conservation, which shall be directed toward the goals of 
    reducing total energy consumption to the maximum extent practicable, 
    and toward maximum possible improvement in the efficiency of energy 
    use. Development of new and improved conservation measures shall be 
    conducted with the goal of the most expeditious possible application 
    of these measures;
        (9) encouraging and participating in international cooperation 
    in energy and related environmental research and development;
        (10) helping to assure an adequate supply of manpower for the 
    accomplishment of energy research and development programs, by 
    sponsoring and assisting in education and training activities in 
    institutions of higher education, vocational schools, and other 
    institutions, and by assuring the collection, analysis, and 
    dissemination of necessary manpower supply and demand data;
        (11) encouraging and conducting research and development in 
    clean and renewable energy sources.

(Pub. L. 93-438, title I, Sec. 103, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1235; Pub. 
L. 95-39, title V, Sec. 510(a), June 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 200; Pub. L. 102-
486, title I, Sec. 143(b), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2843.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Pars. (7) to (12). Pub. L. 102-486 redesignated pars. (8) to 
(12) as (7) to (11), respectively, and struck out former par. (7) which 
read as follows: ``establishing, in accordance with the National Energy 
Extension Service Act, an Energy Extension Service to provide technical 
assistance, instruction, and practical demonstrations on energy 
conservation measures and alternative energy systems to individuals, 
businesses, and State and local government officials;''.
    1977--Pars. (7) to (12). Pub. L. 95-39 added par. (7) and 
redesignated former pars. (7) to (11) as (8) to (12), respectively.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Energy Research and Development Administration and Federal Energy 
Administration terminated and functions vested by law in their 
respective Administrators transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless 
otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5814, 5817 of this title.
