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 106 STAT. 2962 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 (f) AWARDS MADE IN ABSENCE OF APPROPRIATIONS. —The Secretary shall make honorary awards under this section if sufficient fluids are not available for financial awards in any fiscal year. 42 USC 13314. SEC. 1205. STUDY OF TAX AND RATE TREATMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS. (a) The Secretary, in conjunction with State regulatory commissions, shall undertake a study to determine if conventional taxation and ratemaking procedures result in economic barriers to or incentives for renewable energy power plants compared to conventional power plants. Reports. (b) Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the results of the study undertaken under subsection (a). SEC. 1206. STUDY OF RICE MILLING ENERGY BY-PRODUCT MARKETING. The Department of Energy shall conduct a study to facilitate the marketing of energy byproducts from rice milling. SEC. 1207. DUTIES OF INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON RENEW- ABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXPORTS. (a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Section 256(d) of the Energy Policv and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6276(d)) is amended to read as follows: "(d) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.— " (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— (A) There shall be established an interagency working group that, in consultation with the representative industry groups and relevant agency heads, shall make recommendations to coordinate the actions and programs of the Federal Government affecting exports of renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services. The interagency working group shall establish a program to inform foreign countries of the benefits of policies that would increase energy efficiency or would allow facilities that use renewable energy to compete effectively with producers of energy from nonrenewable sources. "(B) There shall be established an Interagency Working Subgroup on Renewable Energy and an Interagency Working Subgroup on Energy Efficiency that shall, in consultation with representative industiy groups, nonprofit organizations, and relevant Federal agencies, make recommendations to coordinate the actions and programs of the Federal Government to promote the export of domestic renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services, respectively. "(C) The Secretary or Energy, or the Secretary's designee, shall chair the interagency wooing group and each subgroup established under this paragraph. The Administrator of the Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Commerce, or their designees, shall be members of both subgroups established under this paragraph. The Secretary shall provide staff for carrying out the functions of the interagency working group and each subgroup established under tms paragraph. The heads of appropriate agencies may detail such personnel and may fumisn such services to such group and subgroups, with or without reimbursement, as may be necessary to cany out their functions. "(2) DUTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY WORKING SUBGROUPS.— (A) The interagency working subgroups established under para-

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