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[CITE: 42USC6892]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 81--ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL
 
 SUBCHAPTER III--ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE-RESOURCE ASSISTANCE 
                         FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
 
                    Part C--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 6892. Annual report to Congress by Comptroller General


(a) Requirements; access to information

    For each fiscal year ending before October 1, 1979, the Comptroller 
General shall report to the Congress on the activities of the Secretary 
of Energy and the Secretary under this subchapter and any amendments to 
other statutes made by this subchapter. The provisions of section 771 of 
title 15 (relating to access by the Comptroller General to books, 
documents, papers, statistics, data, records, and information in the 
possession of the Secretary of Energy or of recipients of Federal funds) 
shall apply to data which relate to such activities.

(b) Contents of report

    Each report submitted by the Comptroller General under subsection 
(a) of this section shall include--
        (1) an accounting, by State, of expenditures of Federal funds 
    under each program authorized by this subchapter or by amendments 
    made by this subchapter;
        (2) an estimate of the energy savings which have resulted 
    thereby;
        (3) a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs 
    authorized by this subchapter or by amendments made by this title in 
    achieving the energy conservation or renewable resource potential 
    available in the sectors and regions affected by such programs;
        (4) a review of the extent and effectiveness of compliance 
    monitoring of programs established by this subchapter or by 
    amendments made by this title and any evidence as to the occurrence 
    of fraud with respect to such programs; and
        (5) the recommendations of the Comptroller General with respect 
    to (A) improvements in the administration of programs authorized by 
    this subchapter or by amendments made by this subchapter, and (B) 
    additional legislation, if any, which is needed to achieve the 
    purposes of this subchapter.

(c) Definitions

    As used in this part:
        (1) Omitted
        (2) The term ``Comptroller General'' means the Comptroller 
    General of the United States.
        (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing and 
    Urban Development.

(Pub. L. 94-385, title IV, Sec. 462, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1168; Pub. 
L. 95-91, title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 707, Aug. 4, 
1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a), and (b)(1), (3), (4), 
(5), was in the original ``this title'', meaning title IV of Pub. L. 94-
385 which enacted this subchapter, section 6327 of this title, and 
section 1701z-8 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, amended sections 6323, 
6325, and 6326 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note 
under section 6801 of this title.

                          Codification

    Subsec. (c)(1) of this section which read ``The term `Administrator' 
means the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration; except 
that after such Administration ceases to exist, such term means any 
officer of the United States designated by the President for purposes of 
this part'' has been omitted in view of termination of Federal Energy 
Administration and transfer of its functions and functions of 
Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy 
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 the 
fact that the term ``Secretary'' is defined for the purposes of this 
subchapter by par. (3) of this section. In this part, ``Secretary of 
Energy'' has been substituted for ``Administrator'' wherever it appears.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of Energy'' substituted for ``Administrator'', meaning 
Administrator of Federal Energy Administration, in subsec. (a) 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 
Federal Energy Administration and transferred its functions and 
functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to 
Secretary of Energy.

                                     
