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title: "42 U.S.C. § 8242"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 8242 - Federal solar program

## Text

The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the General Services Administration, shall develop and carry out a program to demonstrate the application to buildings of solar heating and solar heating and cooling technology in Federal buildings.

(Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 522, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3276.)