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[CITE: 42USC8201]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 91--NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 8201. Findings and statement of purposes


(a) Findings

    The Congress finds that--
        (1) the United States has survived a period of energy shortage 
    and has made significant progress toward improving energy efficiency 
    in all sectors of the economy;
        (2) effective measures must continue to be taken by the Federal 
    Government and other users and suppliers of energy to control the 
    rate of growth of demand for energy and the efficiency of its use;
        (3) the continuation of this effort will permit the United 
    States to become increasingly independent of the world oil market, 
    less vulnerable to interruption of foreign oil supplies, and more 
    able to provide energy to meet future needs; and
        (4) all sectors of the economy of the United States should 
    continue to reduce significantly the demand for nonrenewable energy 
    resources such as oil and natural gas by implementing and 
    maintaining effective conservation measures for the efficient use of 
    these and other energy sources.

(b) Statement of purposes

    The purposes of this chapter are to provide for the regulation of 
interstate commerce, to reduce the growth in demand for energy in the 
United States, and to conserve nonrenewable energy resources produced in 
this Nation and elsewhere, without inhibiting beneficial economic 
growth.

(Pub. L. 95-619, title I, Sec. 102, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3208; Pub. L. 
99-412, title I, Sec. 101, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 932.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 95-619, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3206, as amended, 
known as the National Energy Conservation Policy Act. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
below and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-412 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``The Congress finds 
that--
        ``(1) the United States faces an energy shortage arising from 
    increasing demand for energy, particularly for oil and natural gas, 
    and insufficient domestic supplies of oil and natural gas to satisfy 
    that demand;
        ``(2) unless effective measures are promptly taken by the 
    Federal Government and other users of energy to reduce the rate of 
    growth of demand for energy, the United States will become 
    increasingly dependent on the world oil market, increasingly 
    vulnerable to interruptions of foreign oil supplies, and unable to 
    provide the energy to meet future needs; and
        ``(3) all sectors of our Nation's economy must begin immediately 
    to significantly reduce the demand for nonrenewable energy resources 
    such as oil and natural gas by implementing and maintaining 
    effective conservation measures for the efficient use of these and 
    other energy sources.''


                      Short Title of 1988 Amendment

    Pub. L. 100-615, Sec. 1, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3185, provided 
that: ``This Act [enacting section 5001 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, 
amending sections 6361 and 8251 to 8259 of this title, omitting sections 
8260 and 8261 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note 
under section 8253 of this title] may be cited as the `Federal Energy 
Management Improvement Act of 1988'.''


                      Short Title of 1986 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 99-412 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
sections 8227 to 8229 of this title, amending sections 8201, 8211, 8213 
to 8220, and 8226 of this title, repealing sections 8281 to 8281b, 8282 
to 8282b, 8283, 8283a, and 8284 of this title, and enacting provisions 
set out as notes under sections 8211, 8216, 8217, 8281, and 8282 of this 
title] may be cited as the `Conservation Service Reform Act of 1986'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 101(a) of Pub. L. 95-619 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
this chapter, sections 1490i, 6215, 6311 to 6317, 6344a, 6371, 6371a to 
6371j, 6372, 6372a to 6372i, 6373, 6873, and 7141 of this title, and 
sections 1723f to 1723h of Title 12, Banks and Banking, amending 
sections 300k-2, 300n-1, 1437c, 1471, 1474, 1483, 6202, 6211, 6233 to 
6241, 6243 to 6245, 6272 to 6274, 6291 to 6299, 6303 to 6309, 6321 to 
6327, 6341 to 6346, 6361, 6381, 6383, 6392, 6836, 6862, 6863, 6865, and 
6872 of this title, sections 1451, 1703, 1709, 1713, 1715z-6, 1717, and 
1735f-4 of Title 12, and sections 2006 and 2008 of Title 15, Commerce 
and Trade, repealing section 6397 of this title, and enacting provisions 
set out as notes under this section, sections 6321, 6344a, 6345, 6371, 
and 6372 of this title, section 2006 of Title 15, and section 217 of 
Title 23, Highways] may be cited as the `National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act'.''
    Section 561 of Pub. L. 95-619 provided that: ``This part [part 4 
(Secs. 561-569) of title V of Pub. L. 95-619, enacting sections 8271 to 
8278 of this title] may be cited as the `Federal Photovoltaic 
Utilization Act'.''
