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42 U.S.C. § 17152 — Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program

submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 110-140 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 122 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must create the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program to give grants to eligible entities. Its purpose is to help them cut fossil fuel emissions sustainably, reduce total energy use, and improve efficiency in transportation, buildings, and other sectors.

(a) Establishment: The Secretary must set up the "Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program" and use it to give grants to eligible entities under this part. (b) Purpose: The program exists to help eligible entities put in place strategies to: (1) cut fossil fuel emissions from activities in their jurisdictions, in a way that (A) is environmentally sustainable and (B) maximizes benefits for local and regional communities as much as possible; (2) reduce their total energy use; and (3) improve energy efficiency in (A) transportation, (B) buildings, and (C) other appropriate sectors.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Establishment

The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the “Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program”, under which the Secretary shall provide grants to eligible entities in accordance with this part.

(b) Purpose

The purpose of the program shall be to assist eligible entities in implementing strategies—

(1)

to reduce fossil fuel emissions created as a result of activities within the jurisdictions of eligible entities in a manner that—

(A)

is environmentally sustainable; and

(B)

to the maximum extent practicable, maximizes benefits for local and regional communities;

(2)

to reduce the total energy use of the eligible entities; and

(3)

to improve energy efficiency in—

(A)

the transportation sector;

(B)

the building sector; and

(C)

other appropriate sectors.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 542, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1668.)

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  • 2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-140 · 121 Stat. 1668

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