findings and purposes

findings and purposes Sec. 502. (a) The Congress hereby declares— (1) that the general welfare and the common defense and security require a greater public knowledge of energy conservation opportunities: (2) that scientific identification and practical demonstration of specifically designed energy conservation opportunities, the dissemination of information relating thereto, and the prompt delivery and acceptance of specific energy conservation opportunities require a national effort; (3) that the national effort required to develop, demonstrate, and encourage acceptance and adoption of energy conservation opportunities should be coordinated at the Federal level by the Energy Research and Development Administration; (4) that a special effort must be made to develop and demonstrate practical alternative energy technologies such as solar heating and cooling; (5) that successful implementation of energy conservation and new energy technologies will require both public awareness and individual capability to use the conservation opportunities and new technology; (6) that this required awareness and capability can only be achieved on a national basis by an active outreach effort; (7) that existing energy outreach programs are underfunded: (8) that any Federal outreach program should be organized 91 STAT. 192 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.