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(c) Each recipient of Federal financial assistance under subsection (b) shall keep such records as the Administrator shall require, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by each recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or program for which such assistance was given or used, the source and amount of funds for such projects or programs not supplied by the Administrator, and such other records as the Administrator determines necessary to facilitate an effective audit and performance evaluation. The Administrator and Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of any recipient of Federal assistance under this part.

ENERGY CONSERVATION GOALS

SEC. 364. Upon the basis of the reports submitted 42 U.S.C. 6324 pursuant to this part and such other information as is available, the Administrator of FEA shall, at the earliest practicable date, set an energy conservative goal for each State for 1980 and may set interim goals. Such goal or goals shall consist of the maximum reduction in the consumption of energy during any year as a result of the implementation of the State energy conservation plan described in section 362(b) which is consistent with technological feasibility, financial resources, and economic objectives, by comparison with the projected energy consumption for such State in such year. The Administrator shall specify the assumptions used in the determination of the projected energy consumption in each State, taking into account population trends, economic growth, and the effects of national energy conservation programs.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 365. (a) The Administrator of FEA may pre- 42 U.S.C. 6325 scribe such rules as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out his authority under this part.

(b) In carrying out the provisions of sections 362 and 364 and subsection (a) of section 363, the Administrator shall consult with appropriate departments and Federal agencies.

(c) The Administrator shall report annually to the President and the Congress, and shall furnish copies of such report to the Governor of each State, on the operation of the program under this part. Such report shall include an estimate of the energy conservation achieved, the degree of State participation and achievement, a description of innovative conservation programs undertaken by individual States, and the recommendations of the Administrator, if any, for additional legislation.

(d) There are authorized to be appropriated for carry

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ing out the provisions of this part $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1978.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 366. As used in this part

(1) The term "public building” means any building which is open to the public during normal business hours.

(2) The term "transportation controls" means any plan, procedure, method, or arrangment, or any system of incentives, disincentives, restrictions, and requirements, which is designed to reduce the amount of energy consumed in transportation, except that the term does not include rationing of gasoline or diesel fuel.

FEDERAL ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS SEC. 381. (a)(1) The President shall, to the extent of his authority under other law, establish or coordinate Federal agency actions to develop mandatory standards with respect to energy conservation and energy efficiency to govern the procurement policies and decisions of the Federal Government and all Federal agencies, and shall take such steps as are necessary to cause such standards to be implemented.

(2) The President shall develop and, to the extent of his authority under other law, implement a 10-year plan for energy conservation with respect to buildings owned or leased by an agency of the United States. Such plan shall include mandatory lighting efficiency standards, mandatory thermal efficency standards and insulation requirements, restrictions on hours of operation, thermostat controls, and other conditions of operation, and plans for replacing or retrofitting to meet such standards.

(b)(1) The Administrator shall establish and carry out a responsible public education program

(A) to encourage energy conservation and energy efficiency; or

(B) to promote van pooling and carpooling arrangements.

(2) For purposes of this subsection:

(A) The term "van” means any automobile which the Administrator determines is manufactured primarily for use in the transportation of not less than 8 individuals and not more than 15 individuals.

(B) The term "van pooling arrangement" means an arrangement for the transportation of employees between their residences or other designated locations and their place of employment on a nonprofit basis in which the operating costs of such arrangement are paid for by the employees utilizing such arrangement.

(c) The President shall submit to the Congress an annual report concerning all steps taken under subsections (a) and (b).

FEDERAL ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RECYCLED OIL
SEC. 383. (a) The purposes of this section are-
(1) to encourage the recycling of used oil;
(2) to promote the use of recycled oil;

(3) to reduce consumption of new oil by promot-
ing increased utilization of recycled oil; and

(4) to reduce environmental hazards and wasteful practices associated with the disposal of used oil.

(b) As used in this section:

(1) the term "used oil" means any oil which has been refined from crude oil, has been used, and as a result of such use has been contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.

(2) The term "recycled oil" means

(A) used oil from which physical and chemical contaminants acquired through use have been removed by re-refining or other processing, or

(B) any blend of oil, consisting of such rerefined or otherwise processed used oil and new oil or additives,

with respect to which the manufacturer has deter-
mined, pursuant to the rule prescribed under sub-
section (d)(1)(A)(i), is substantially equivalent to
new oil for a particular end use.

(3) The term "new oil" means any oil which has
been refined from crude oil and has not been used.
and which may or may not contain additives. Such
term does not include used oil or recycled oil.

(4) The term "manufacturer" means any person who re-refines or otherwise processes used oil to remove physical or chemical impurities acquired through use or who blends such re-refined or otherwise processed used oil with new oil or additives.

(5) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission.

(c) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Bureau of Standards shall develop test procedures for the determination of substantial equivalency of re-refined or otherwise processed used oil or blend of oil, consisting of such rerefined or otherwise processed used oil and new oil or additives, with new oil for a particular end use. As soon as practicable after development of such test procedures, the National Bureau of Standards shall report such procedures to the Commission.

(d)(1)(A) Within 90 days after the date on which the Commission receives the report under subsection (c), the Commission shall, by rule, prescribe

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(i) test procedures for the determination of substantial equivalency of re-refined or otherwise processed used oil or blend of oil, consisting of such re-refined or otherwise processed used oil and new oil or additives, with new oil distributed for a particular end use; and

(ii) labeling standards applicable to containers of recycled oil in order to carry out the purposes of this section.

(B) Such labeling standards shall permit any container of recycled oil to bear a label indicating any particular end use for which a determination of substantial equivalency has been made pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i).

(2) Not later than the expiration of such 90-day period, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, by rule, prescribe labeling standards applicable to containers of new oil, used oil, and recycled oil relating to the proper disposal of such oils after use. Such standards shall be designed to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, environmental hazards and wasteful practices associated with the disposal of such oils after use.

(e) Beginning on the effective date of the standards prescribed pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(A)—

(1) no rule or order of the Commission, other than the rules required to be prescribed pursuant to subsection (d)(1XA), and no law, regulation, or order of any State or political subdivision thereof may apply, or remain applicable, to any container of recycled oil, if such law, regulation, rule, or order requires any container of recycled oil, which container bears a label in accordance with the terms of the rules prescribed under subsection (d)(1)(A), to bear any label with respect to the comparative characteristics of such recycled oil with new oil which is not identical to that permitted by the rule respecting labeling standards prescribed under subsection (d)(1)(A)(ii); and

(2) no rule or order of the Commission may require any container of recycled oil to also bear a label containing any term, phrase, or description which connotes less than substantial equivalency of such recycled oil with new oil.

(f) After the effective date of the rules required to be prescribed under subsection (d)(1)(A), all Federal officials shall act within their authority to carry out the purposes of this section, including

(1) revising procurement policies to encourage procurement of recycled oil for military and nonmilitary Federal uses whenever such recycled oil is available at prices competitive with new oil procured for the same end use; and

(2) educating persons employed by Federal and State governments and private sectors of the econ

omy of the merits of recycled oil, the need for its use in order to reduce the drain on the Nation's oil reserves, and proper disposal of used oil to avoid waste of such oil and to minimize environmental hazards associated with improper disposal.

MOTOR VEHICLE AND COST SAVINGS ACT

Pub. L. 93-492, as amended by Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 901 15 U.S.C. 2010

USE OF FUEL EFFICIENT PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES

BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

SEC. 510. (a) The President shall, within 120 days after the date of enactment of this title, promulgate rules which shall require that all passenger automobiles acquired by all executive agencies in each fiscal year which begins after such date of enactment achieve a fleet average fuel economy for such year not less than

(1) 18 miles per gallon, or

(2) the average fuel economy standard applicable under section 502(a) for the model year which includes January 1 of such fiscal year,

whichever is greater.

(b) As used in this section:

(1) The term "fleet average fuel economy" means (A) the total number of passenger automobiles acquired in a fiscal year to which this section applies by all executive agencies (excluding passenger automobiles designed to perform combat related missions for the Armed Forces or designed to be used in law enforcement work or emergency rescue work), divided by (B) a sum of terms, each term of which is a fraction created by dividing

(i) the number of passenger automobiles so
acquired of a given model type, by

(ii) the fuel economy of such model type.
(2) The term "executive agency" has the same
meaning as such term has for purposes of section
105 of title 5, United States Code.

(3) The term "acquired" means leased for a
period of 60 continuous days or more, or purchased.

SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND
DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 1974

INVESTIGATION AND AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION FACILITIES SEC. 7(d) The Chairman, acting through the appropriate Federal agencies, is authorized to investigate and enter into agreements for the cooperative development of facilities to demonstrate solar technologies. The responsible Federal agency may consider

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