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PresfdeL^t Ind Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 93-409-SEPT. 3, 1974

(E) engineering performance of devices utilized in solar heating and cooling or to be employed in the demonstrations. (3) I n accordance with regulations prescribed under section 16, the Secretary shall provide retrieval and dissemination services to cover the solar heating and cooling information described under paragraph (2) for— (A) Federal, State, and local government organizations that are active in the area of energy resources (and their contractors); (B) universities, colleges, and other nonprofit organizations; and (C) private persons, upon request, in appropriate cases. (4) In carrying out his functions under this subsection, the Secretary shall utilize, when feasible, the existing data base of scientific and technical information in Federal agencies, adding to such data base any information described in paragraph (2) which does not already reside in such base. i^) Each Federal officer and agency having functions under this Act shall lucludc in his or its annual report to the President and the Congress a full and complete description of his or its activities (current and projected) under this Act, along with his or its recommendations for legislative, administrative, or other action to improve the programs under this Act or to achieve the objectives of this Act more promptly and effectively. In addition, the Secretary shall submit annually to the President and the Congress a special report summariz• ing in appropriate detail all of the activities (current and projected) of the various Federal officers and agencies having functions under this Act, with the objective of pi-esenting a comprehensive overall view of such programs. L I M I T A T I O N S ON FEDERALLY ASSISTED OR FEDERALLY HOUSING

42 USC 5511,

[88 STAT.

CONSTRUCTED

SEC. 13. (a)(1) In determining the maximum dollar amount of any federally assisted mortgage loan (as defined in subsection (b)) or the maximum per unit or other cost or floor area limitation of any federally constructed housing (as defined in subsection (c)), where the law establishing the program under which the loan is made or the housing is constructed specifies such maximum per unit or other cost on floor area limitation and the structure involved is furnished with solar heating or combined solar heating and cooling equipment under the demonstration program established by section 5, 6, or 9, the maximum amount or cost or floor area limitation so specified which is applicable to such structure shall be deemed to be increased by the amount by which (as determined by the Secretary or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate) the price or cost or floor area limitation of the structure including such solar heating or combined solar heating and cooling equipment exceeds the price or cost or floor area limitation of the structure with such equipment replaced by conventional heating equipment or conventional heating and cooling equipment (as the case may be). (2) In addition, in the case of a federally assisted mortgage loan, the cost excess specified in subsection (a) shall be fully taken into account in determining the value or cost of the structure involved for purposes of applying any statutory provision specifying the maximum loan-to-value or -cost ratio; except that, if the law specifies different rates of downpayment for successive increments of such value or cost, the lowest such rate shall apply to the additional cost attributable to the solar heating or combined solar heating and cooling equipment, and such equipment shall otherwise be excluded in determining the total value or cost of the structure.

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