42 U.S.C. § 8241 — Definitions
submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-619 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 227 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines terms used in this part about solar energy in federal buildings. It covers "Federal agency," "Federal building," "solar heating," "solar heating and cooling," "solar energy equipment," and "Secretary."
This section defines six terms for this part. (1) "Federal agency" means an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, plus each entity listed in subparagraphs (B) through (I) of section 5721(1) of title 5. (2) "Federal building" means any building or structure owned wholly or partly by the United States or a federal agency, including a structure a federal agency occupies under a lease-acquisition agreement where the United States or the agency will get full ownership (fee simple title) under the agreement's terms without further negotiation. (3) "Solar heating" means, for a federal building, using solar energy to meet all or part of its heating needs (including hot water), or all or part of its hot water needs. (4) "Solar heating and cooling" means using solar energy to meet all or part of a federal building's heating needs (including hot water) and all or part of its cooling needs, or all or part of its hot water needs. (5) "Solar energy equipment" means equipment used for solar heating, or for solar heating and cooling. (6) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy.
As used in the part—
The term “Federal agency” means—
an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5; and
each entity specified in subparagraphs (B) through (I) of subsection (1) of section 5721 of title 5.
The term “Federal building” means any building or other structure owned in whole or part by the United States or any Federal agency, including any such structure occupied by a Federal agency under a lease-acquisition agreement under which the United States or a Federal agency will receive fee simple title under the terms of such agreement without further negotiation.
The term “solar heating” means, with respect to any Federal building, the use of solar energy to meet all or part of the heating needs of such building (including hot water), or all or part of the needs of such building for hot water.
The term “solar heating and cooling” means the use of solar energy to provide all or part of the heating needs of a Federal building (including hot water) and all or part of the cooling needs of such building, or all or part of the needs of such building for hot water.
The term “solar energy equipment” means equipment for solar heating or solar heating and cooling.
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 521, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3275; Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1303(b), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2242.)
- 1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-619 · 92 Stat. 3275
- 2007Amended · Pub. L. 110-161 · 121 Stat. 2242
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-619 on 1978-11-09.
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