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title: "42 U.S.C. § 15841"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 15841 - Energy-efficient appliances

## Text

In purchasing appliances, a public housing agency shall purchase energy-efficient appliances that are Energy Star products or FEMP-designated products, as such terms are defined in section 8259b of this title, unless the purchase of energy-efficient appliances is not cost-effective to the agency.

(Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 152, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 649.)