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PUBLIC LAW 93-409-SEPT. 3, 1974
[88 STAT.
DEFINITIONS
42 USC 5502.
SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act— (1) the term "solar heating", with respect to any building, means the use of solar energy to meet such portion of the total heating needs of such building (including hot water), or such portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its remaining heating needs are met by other methods), as may be required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development utilizing the services of the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, and in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) the terms "solar heating and cooling" and "combined solar heating and cooling", with respect to any building, mean the use of solar energy to provide both such portion of the total heating needs of such building (including hot water) and such portion of the total cooling needs of such building, or such portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its remaining heating needs are met by other methods) and such portion of the total cooling needs of a building, as may be required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development utilizing the services of the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, and in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and such term includes cooling by means of nocturnal heat radiation, by evaporation, or by other methods of meeting peakload energy requirements at nonpeakload times; (3) the term "residential dwellings" includes previously occupied and new single family and multifamily dwellings, mobile homes, and publicly assisted housing owned by a private sponsor or a State or local housing authority not covered by section 17; (4) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (5) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and (6) the term "Director" means the Director of the National Science Foundation. CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES I N SOLAR H E A T I N G AND COOLING TECHNOLOGIES BY N A T I O N A L AERONAUTICS A N D SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 4. Section 203 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2473) is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c), and by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the following new subsection: " (b) The Administration shall initiate, support, and carry out such research, development, demonstrations, and other related activities in solar heating and cooling technologies (to the extent that funds are appropriated therefor) as are provided for in sections 6, 6, and 9 of the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974.". DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF SOI^R HEATING SYSTEMS TO BE USED IN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS 42 USC 5503.
gj,^. 5 (^^-j ^]^g Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems (including
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