42 USC § 15813 - Enhancing energy efficiency in management of Federal lands

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s15813"
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title: "42 USC § 15813 - Enhancing energy efficiency in management of Federal lands"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "15813"
section_name: "Enhancing energy efficiency in management of Federal lands"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY EFFICIENCY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Federal Programs"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 111, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 615.)"
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# § 15813. Enhancing energy efficiency in management of Federal lands

**(a)** **Sense of the Congress** It is the sense of the Congress that Federal agencies should enhance the use of energy efficient technologies in the management of natural resources.

**(b)** **Energy efficient buildings** To the extent practicable, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek to incorporate energy efficient technologies in public and administrative buildings associated with management of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Forest System, National Marine Sanctuaries System, and other public lands and resources managed by the Secretaries.

**(c)** **Energy efficient vehicles** To the extent practicable, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek to use energy efficient motor vehicles, including vehicles equipped with biodiesel or hybrid engine technologies, in the management of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Forest System, National Marine Sanctuaries System, and other public lands and resources managed by the Secretaries.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 111, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 615.)