91 STAT. 192
PUBLIC LAW 95-39—JUNE 3, 1977 with the States as full participants, and each State should plan and coordinate the outreach activities within the State, optimizing the use of existing outreach capabilities; (9) that Federal assistance should be provided for energy outreach activity, including coordinated energy outreach activities and technical support in each State for such efforts; (10) that the Energy Research and Development Administration should provide overall national direction and review of federally assisted State energy outreach programs. (b) The Congress declares that the purposes of this title are— (1) to establish a positive energy outreach program directed toward small business and individual energy consumers and the organizations that influence energy consumption; (2) to stimulate, provide for and supplement programs for the conduct of evaluation, planning and other technical support of energy conservation efforts, including energy outreach activities of States. '
Energy Extension Service.
42 USC 7002. Director.
Compensation.
Duties.
ESTABLISHMENT OF EXTENSION SERVICE
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SEC. 503. (a) There is established in the Energy Research and Development Administration an office to be designated as the Energy Extension Service (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Service"). The Service shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by and directly responsible to the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator"). The Director shall be a person who by reason of training, experience, and attainments is exceptionally qualified to implement the programs of the Service. There shall be in the Service a Deputy Director who shall be appointed by the Administrator, who shall have such functions, powers, and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Director, and who shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Director during the absence or disability of, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of, the Director. (b) The Director shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule in section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. (c) The Director shall have overall responsibility for the national direction of the comprehensive program developed under section 504 and of all other activities conducted under this title and shall annually review the programs of the various States under sections 505 and 506 to insure that they are effectively promoting the realization of the objectives of this title. DESCRIPTION OF EXTENSION SERVICE
Program development.
42 USC 7003.
SEC. 504. (a) The Service shall develop and implement a comprehensive program for the identification, development, and practical demonstration of energy conserving opportunities, techniques, materials, and equipment, including opportunities, techniques, or methods responsive to local needs or resources, and alternative energy technologies such as solar heating and cooling, for— (1) agricultural, commercial, and small business operations, and (2) new and existing residential, commercial, and agricultural buildings or structures.
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