42 USC § 16196 - Energy Efficiency Science Initiative

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s16196"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 16196 - Energy Efficiency Science Initiative"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "16196"
section_name: "Energy Efficiency Science Initiative"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Energy Efficiency"
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 IX, § 916, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 862.)"
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# § 16196. Energy Efficiency Science Initiative

**(a)** **Establishment** section 7133(a)(9) of this title

The Secretary shall establish an Energy Efficiency Science Initiative to be managed by the Assistant Secretary in the Department with responsibility for energy conservation under , in consultation with the Director of the Office of Science, for grants to be competitively awarded and subject to peer review for research relating to energy efficiency.

**(b)** **Report** The Secretary shall submit to Congress, along with the annual budget request of the President submitted to Congress, a report on the activities of the Energy Efficiency Science Initiative, including a description of the process used to award the funds and an explanation of how the research relates to energy efficiency.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 916, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 862.)