Fabio
76b8ec33a7
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
88 lines
3.4 KiB
Markdown
88 lines
3.4 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "LegalText"
|
||
title: "42 U.S.C. § 17122"
|
||
description: "Research and development"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us"
|
||
corpus: "united_states_code"
|
||
kind: "code_section"
|
||
title_number: 42
|
||
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
|
||
chapter_number: "152"
|
||
chapter_name: "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY"
|
||
section: "17122"
|
||
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17122"
|
||
status: "current"
|
||
release_point: "119-100"
|
||
release_date: "2026-06-26"
|
||
source: "official"
|
||
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
|
||
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s17122"
|
||
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml"
|
||
source_hash: "78bbc2a24c52802139ed1c6a02c922992d0c5b9add806df4b20392afe674cbab"
|
||
raw_snapshot_hash: "644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e"
|
||
text_hash: "4c6cd6a6d9b19395bcce9fee72c3d0e34648ccb0e01495655b8ff486d7972a77"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
|
||
confidence: "official"
|
||
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# 42 U.S.C. § 17122 - Research and development
|
||
|
||
## Text
|
||
|
||
(a) Establishment The Federal Director and the Commercial Director, jointly and in coordination with the Advisory Committee, shall—
|
||
|
||
(1) (A) survey existing research and studies relating to high-performance green buildings; and
|
||
|
||
(B) coordinate activities of common interest;
|
||
|
||
(2) develop and recommend a high-performance green building research plan that—
|
||
|
||
(A) identifies information and research needs, including the relationships between human health, occupant productivity, safety, security, and accessibility and each of—
|
||
|
||
(i) emissions from materials and products in the building;
|
||
|
||
(ii) natural day lighting;
|
||
|
||
(iii) ventilation choices and technologies;
|
||
|
||
(iv) heating, cooling, and system control choices and technologies;
|
||
|
||
(v) moisture control and mold;
|
||
|
||
(vi) maintenance, cleaning, and pest control activities;
|
||
|
||
(vii) acoustics;
|
||
|
||
(viii) access to public transportation; and
|
||
|
||
(ix) other issues relating to the health, comfort, productivity, and performance of occupants of the building;
|
||
|
||
(B) promotes the development and dissemination of high-performance green building measurement tools that, at a minimum, may be used—
|
||
|
||
(i) to monitor and assess the life-cycle performance of facilities (including demonstration projects) built as high-performance green buildings; and
|
||
|
||
(ii) to perform life-cycle assessments; and
|
||
|
||
(C) identifies and tests new and emerging technologies for high-performance green buildings;
|
||
|
||
(3) assist the budget and life-cycle costing functions of the Directors’ Offices under section 17092(d) of this title;
|
||
|
||
(4) study and identify potential benefits of green buildings relating to security, natural disaster, and emergency needs of the Federal Government; and
|
||
|
||
(5) support other research initiatives determined by the Directors’ Offices.
|
||
|
||
(b) Indoor air quality The Federal Director, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Advisory Committee, shall develop and carry out a comprehensive indoor air quality program for all Federal facilities to ensure the safety of Federal workers and facility occupants—
|
||
|
||
(1) during new construction and renovation of facilities; and
|
||
|
||
(2) in existing facilities.
|
||
|
||
(Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, § 492, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1651.)
|
||
|
||
## Notes
|
||
|
||
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
|
||
|
||
Effective DateSection effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
|