42 USC § 13438 - Telecommuting study

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13438"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 13438 - Telecommuting study"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13438"
section_name: "Telecommuting study"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "ENERGY POLICY"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "REDUCTION OF OIL VULNERABILITY"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, § 2028, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3067.)"
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# § 13438. Telecommuting study

**(a)** **Study** The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study of the potential costs and benefits to the energy and transportation sectors of telecommuting. The study shall include—

**(1)** an estimation of the amount and type of reduction of commuting by form of transportation type and numbers of commuters;

**(2)** an estimation of the potential number of lives saved;

**(3)** an estimation of the reduction in environmental pollution, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency;

**(4)** an estimation of the amount and type of reduction of energy use and savings by form of transportation type; and

**(5)** an estimation of the social impact of widespread use of telecommuting.

**(b)** **Report to Congress** October 24, 1992

This study shall be completed no more than one hundred and eighty days after . A report, summarizing the results of the study, shall be transmitted to the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate no more than sixty days after completion of this study.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, § 2028, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3067.)