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 92 STAT. 3224

42 USC 6833.

PUBLIC LAW 95-619—NOV. 9, 1978 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term "apartment building" means a building used for residential occupancy which is not a new building to which final standards under section 304(a) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act apply and which contains more than four dwelling units. SEC. 225. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION STUDY AND REPORT.

Report to Congress and President.

42 USC 8226.

(a) STUDY.—(1) Before January 1, 1982, the Federal Trade Commission shall complete a study and submit a report to Congress and the President on the activities of public utilities and home heating suppliers under this part. (2) The study shall include a review of the making, or arranging, of loans and the installation, or arranging for installation, of any residential energy conservation measure by public utilities and home heating suppliers. (3) Such study may contain legislative recommendations respecting lending and installation activities for any residential energy conservation measure by public utilities and home heating suppliers and may contain recommendations concerning whether public utilities or home heating suppliers should be permitted by State or Federal law to continue to carry out such activities. (b) CONSIDERATIONS REQUIRED.—In conducting the study under this part, the Commission shall consider the effect of public utility and home heating supplier activities under this part on— (1) competition among utilities, home heating suppliers, contractors,, and lenders in a utility's service area; (2) the availability of supplies of each residential energy conservation measure and the price of purchasing and installing each such measure; (3) the increase in the number of residential buildings in which are installed, or likely to be installed any such measure; and (4) any other factors the Commission deems appropriate. PART 2—WEATHERIZATION GRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES SEC. 231. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WEATHERIZATION GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) ELIGIBILITY.— (1) Section 412(7)(A) of the Energy Conserva42 USC 6862. tion in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 is amended— (A) by inserting "125 percent of" after "is at or below"; and (B) by inserting after "Budget," the following: "except that the Administrator may establish a higher level if the Administrator, after consulting with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Director of the Community Services Administration, determines that such a higher level is necessary to carry out the purposes of this part and is consistent with the eligibility criteria established for the weatherization program under section 222(a) (12) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964,". 42 USC 2809. 42 USC 6863. (2) The last sentence of section 413(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "in which the head of the household is a low-income person." and inserting in lieu thereof "occupied by low-income families.". (b) STANDARDS AND MATERIALS.— (1) Section 413(b) of such Act is amended by inserting the following new paragraph at the end thereof: Publication in "(3) The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretaries and Federal Register. Director described in paragraph (2)(A) and with the Director of the

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