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[CITE: 42USC7374]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
              SUBCHAPTER XII--RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES
 
Sec. 7374. Energy self-sufficiency initiatives


(a) Establishment of 3-year pilot program

    There is hereby established under the direction of the Secretary a 
3-year pilot energy self-sufficiency program to demonstrate energy self-
sufficiency through the use of renewable energy resources in one or more 
States in the United States.

(b) Establishment of subprograms to pilot programs; scope of subprograms

    As a part of the pilot program, the Secretary shall establish such 
subprograms as the Secretary determines are necessary to achieve the 
purpose of this section, including subprograms--
        (1) to promote the development and utilization of synergistic 
    combinations of different renewable energy resources in specific 
    projects aimed at reducing fossil fuel importation;
        (2) to initiate and encourage energy self-sufficiency at 
    appropriate levels of government;
        (3) to stimulate private industry participation in the 
    realization of the objective stated in subsection (a) of this 
    section; and
        (4) to stimulate the utilization of abandoned or underutilized 
    industrial facilities for the generation of energy from any locally 
    available renewable resource, such as municipal solid waste, 
    agricultural waste, or forest products waste.

(c) Implementation of subprograms; preparation of plan of program and 
        additional Federal actions

    In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary is 
authorized to assign to an existing office in the Department of Energy 
the responsibility of undertaking and carrying out the subprograms 
established under subsection (b) of this section. In addition, the 
Secretary shall prepare a detailed plan within one hundred eighty days 
of June 30, 1980, setting forth (1) the 3-year pilot program itself, and 
(2) any additional Federal actions needed to encourage and promote the 
adoption of programs for energy self-sufficiency.

(d) Submission of plan and implementation report to Congress

    The Secretary shall submit to the Congress, within one year after 
June 30, 1980, the plan prepared under the second sentence of subsection 
(c) of this section along with a report suggesting the legislative 
initiatives needed to fully implement such plan.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title IV, Sec. 406, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 716.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7375 of this title.
