42 U.S.C. § 8373 — Conservation in Federal facilities, contracts, and financial assistance programs

(a) Federal facilities. (1) Each Federal agency that owns or operates an electric powerplant^* must follow every prohibition, term, condition, and substantial or procedural requirement under this chapter to the same extent as a nongovernmental owner^* or operator. (2) The President may order an exemption for a Federal-agency plant if the President finds that: (A) its use is in the paramount interest of the United States and the plant is part of, or used only with, weapons, equipment, aircraft, vessels, vehicles, or other property owned or operated by the Armed Forces, including the Coast Guard, or a State^* National Guard, and uniquely military in nature; or (B) money was not appropriated for the use, but only if the President specifically requested the money in the budget process and Congress did not provide it. The order takes effect only 60 days after a copy is sent to each House of Congress. The President must review each finding every two years and report the review results to Congress. (b) Federal contracts and financial assistance. (1) To carry out this chapter, within 30 days after its effective date the President must issue an order: (A) requiring each Federal agency authorized to provide grants, loans, contracts, or other financial assistance to promptly advance the chapter’s petroleum^* and natural-gas conservation purposes by issuing rules for those activities within 180 days after the order; and (B) setting procedures, sanctions, penalties, and other needed provisions, including requiring each agency to send the President and make public an annual report on actions taken and planned. (2) The President may order an exemption for a specific grant, loan, contract, or other assistance if it is in the national interest. The President must notify Congress in writing at least 60 days before it takes effect. (3) The President or an agency may not use paragraph (1) to require a person^* or facility to comply with a prohibition, including using coal^*, if the Secretary^* specifically determined that the prohibition applies to that person or facility or exempted it from the prohibition.