42 U.S.C. § 6361 — Federal energy conservation programs

(a) (1) To the extent other law allows, the President must establish or coordinate Federal agency actions to develop mandatory energy-conservation and efficiency standards for Federal Government and agency purchasing, and take steps to implement them. (2) The President must develop and, to the extent other law allows, implement a 10-year conservation plan for buildings owned or leased by United States agencies. It must include mandatory lighting and thermal-efficiency standards, insulation requirements, operating-hour limits, thermostat controls, other operating conditions, and replacement or retrofit plans. (b) (1) The Secretary^* must establish and run a responsible public-education program to (A) encourage conservation and efficiency or (B) promote van pools and carpools. (2) “Van” means an automobile the Secretary decides was made mainly to transport at least 8 and no more than 15 people. “Van pooling arrangement” means nonprofit transportation of employees between homes or designated places and work, with users paying the operating costs. (c) Omitted. (d) The President's plan applies to Executive agencies as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105 and to the United States Postal Service. (e) In addition to other authorized funds, Congress may appropriate up to $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 and up to $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 for subsection (a)(2).