42 USC § 17321 - Definitions

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title: "42 USC § 17321 - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "17321"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 152
chapter_name: "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROGRAMS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–140, title IX, § 901, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1725.)"
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# § 17321. Definitions

In this subchapter:

**(1)** **Appropriate congressional committees** The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

**(A)** the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and

**(B)** the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

**(2)** **Clean and efficient energy technology** The term “clean and efficient energy technology” means an energy supply or end-use technology that, compared to a similar technology already in widespread commercial use in a recipient country, will—

**(A)** reduce emissions of greenhouse gases; or

**(B)**

**(i)** increase efficiency of energy production; or

**(ii)** decrease intensity of energy usage.

**(3)** **Greenhouse gas** The term “greenhouse gas” means—

**(A)** carbon dioxide;

**(B)** methane;

**(C)** nitrous oxide;

**(D)** hydrofluorocarbons;

**(E)** perfluorocarbons; or

**(F)** sulfur hexafluoride.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–140, title IX, § 901, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1725.)

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### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title IX of , , , which enacted this subchapter and amended , Government Organization and Employees, , Money and Finance, and , War and National Defense. For complete classification of title IX to the Code, see Tables.

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