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PUBLIC LAW 93-409-SEPT. 3, 1974

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collectors, controls, and thermal storage) for use in residential dwellings, (b)(1) Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, JZlZTZl.. the Secretary, utilizing the services of the Director of the National tion. Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Administrator and the Director, shall determine, prescribe, and publish— (A) interim performance criteria for solar heating components and systems to be used in residential dwellings, and (B) interim performance criteria (relating to suitability for solar heating) for such dwellings themselves, taking into account in each instance climatic variations existing between diiferent geographic areas. (2) As soon as possible after the publication of the performance Design seiec-criteria prescribed under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Bureau of Standards and the Administrator, will select on the basis of open competition a number of designs for various types of residential dwellings suitable for and adapted to the installation of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1)(A). (c) The Administrator, in accordance with the applicable provi- gra^tlT'^'^ ^"'^' sions of title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 42 USC 2471 et and under program guidelines established jointly by the Administra- ^^^' toT- and the Secretary, shall, after consultation with the Secretary— (1) enter into such contracts and grants as may be necessary or appropriate for the development (for commercial production and residential use) of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under subsection (b)(1)(A) (including any further planning and design which may be required to conform with the specifications set forth in such criteria); and (2) enter into contracts with a number of persons or firms for the procurement of solar heating components and systems meeting such performance criteria (including adequate numbers of spare and replacement parts for such systems). (d) The Secretary shall (1) arrange for the installation of solar 1"^*^"'''^°"-"^ !

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heating systems procured by the Admniistrator under subsection (c) (2) in a substantial number of residential dwellings and (2) provide for the satisfactory operation of such installations during the demonstration period. Title to and ownership of any dwellings constructed hereunder and of solar heating systems installed hereunder may be conveyed to purchasers or owners of such dwellings under terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary, including an express agreement that any such purchaser or owner shall, in such manner and form and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, observe and monitor (or permit the Secretary to observe and monitor) the performance and operation of such system for a period of five years, and that such purchaser or owner (including any subsequent owner and occupant of the property who also makes such an agreement) shall regularly furnish the Secretary with such reports thereon as the agreement may require. (e) The Secretary of Defense shall arrange for the installation of solar heating systems procured by the Administrator under subsection (c)(2) in a substantial number of residential dwellings which are located on Federal or federally administered property where the performance and operation of such systems can be regularly and effectively observed and monitored by designated Federal personnel. (f) The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense, and officials responsible for administering Federal or federally administered property, shall coordinate their activities under this section to assure that solar heating systems are installed in a substantial number of resi-

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