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 PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977

91 STAT. 538 22 USC 2151p.

22 USC 2151.

118. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL EESOURCES.—The President is authorized to furnish assistance under this part for developing and strengthening the capacity of less developed countries to protect and manage their environment and natural resources. Special efforts shall be made to maintain and where possible restore the land, vegetation, water, wildlife, and other resources upon which depend economic growth and human well-being, especially that of the poor.*'. (b) Section 102 of such Act is amended— (1) by inserting in the seventh paragraph of subsection (a) - "environment and natural resources," immediately after "decent housing,"; and (2) by inserting in subsection (b)(2) "environment and natural resources;" immediately after "health;". "SEC.

RENEWABLE AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

SEC. 114. Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by sections 112 and 113 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: eooperative programs. 22 USC 2151q.

Ante, p. 534. eooperation with ERDA.

22 USC 2151e.

Studies. Report to Congress. Review by AID and ERDA.

Report to Speaker of the House and congressional committee.

" S E C 119. RENEWABLE AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLO-

GIES.— (a)(1) The President is authorized to furnish assistance under this chapter for cooperative programs with developing countries in energy production and conservation, with particular emphasis on programs in research, development, and use of small-scale, decentralized, renewable energy sources for rural areas carried out as integral parts of rural development efforts in accordance with section 103 of this Act. Programs under this subsection shall be undertaken, whenever appropriate, in cooperation with the Energy Research and Development Administration or its successor and shall be carried out, to the greatest extent possible, through and in conjunction with activities under section 107 of this Act. These programs shall be directed toward the earliest practicable development and use of energy technologies which are environmentally acceptable, require minimum capital investment, are most acceptable to and affordable by the people using them, are simple and inexpensive to use and maintain, and are transferable from one region of the world to another. "(2) Of the funds made available to carry out this chapter for the fiscal year 1978, up to $18,000,000 are to be used for carrying out this subsection. "(b)(1) In furtherance of the purposes of this section, the President is authorized to carry out studies to identify the energy needs, uses, and resources which exist in developing countries. The results of the studies conducted under this subsection shall be reported to the Congress by March 1, 1978. "(2) The Agency for International Development, in cooperation with the Energy Research and Development Administration or its successor, shall conduct a review of the options for implementing the purposes of this section, one of which shall be a proposal for a nonprofit Government corporation (which would be designated as the International Energy Institute) outside the Agency for International Development. The President shall submit a comprehensive report on such review to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate by January 31, 1978, together with his recommendations as to which option should be implemented.".

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