PUBLIC LAW 106-469—NOV. 9, 2000 114 STAT. 2043 "(c) INFORMATION REQUESTS.— The Secretary may request information necessary to prepare the Home Heating Readiness Report from companies described in subsection (b)(4).". (b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. —The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended— (1) in the table of contents in the first section (42 U.S.C. prec. 6201), by inserting after the item relating to section 106 the following: "Sec. 107. M^or fuel burning stationary source. "Sec. 108. Annual home heating readiness reports."; and (2) in section 107 (42 U.S.C. 6215), by striking "SEC. 107. (a) No Governor" and inserting the following: "SEC. 107. MAJOR FUEL BURNING STATIONARY SOURCE. "(a) No Governor". TITLE VII—NATIONAL OIL HEAT RESEARCH ALLIANCE ACT OF 2000 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000". SEC. 702. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) oilheat is an important commodity relied on by approximately 30,000,000 Americans as an efficient and economical energy source for commercial and residential space and hot water heating; (2) oilheat equipment operates at efficiencies among the highest of any space heating energy source, reducing fuel costs and making oilheat an economical means of space heating; (3) the production, distribution, and marketing of oilheat and oilheat equipment plays a significant role in the economy of the United States, accounting for approximately $12,900,000,000 in expenditures annually and employing millions of Americans in all aspects of the oilheat industry; (4) only very limited Federal resources have been made available for oilheat research, development, safety, training, and education efforts, to the detriment of both the oilheat industry and its 30,000,000 consumers; and (5) the cooperative development, self-financing, and implementation of a coordinated national oilheat industry program of research and development, training, and consumer education is necessary and important for the welfare of the oilheat industry, the general economy of the United States, and the millions of Americans that rely on oilheat for commercial and residential space and hot water heating. SEC. 703. DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) ALLIANCE.— The term "Alliance" means a national oilheat research alliance established xinder section 704. National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000. 42 USC 6201 note. 42 USC 6201 note. 42 USC 6201 note.
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