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[CITE: 42USC7372]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
              SUBCHAPTER XII--RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES
 
Sec. 7372. ``Secretary'' and ``renewable energy resource'' 
        defined
        
    For purposes of this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy; and
        (2) the term ``renewable energy resource'' means any energy 
    resource which has recently originated in the sun, including direct 
    and indirect solar radiation and intermediate solar energy forms 
    such as wind, ocean thermal gradients, ocean currents and waves, 
    hydropower, photovoltaic energy, products of photosynthetic 
    processes, organic wastes, and others.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title IV, Sec. 403, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 716.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
title'', meaning title IV of Pub. L. 96-294, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 
715, known as the Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980, which enacted 
this subchapter, amended sections 8255, 8271, and 8274 to 8276 of this 
title and sections 2705 and 2708 of Title 16, Conservation, and enacted 
a provision set out as a note under section 2701 of Title 16. For 
complete classification of title IV to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 7371 of this title and Tables.
