United States federal law concerning domestic fuel and electricity supply
Energy Security Act
Other short titles
Acid Precipitation Act of 1980
Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1980
Geothermal Energy Act of 1980
Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980
Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Act of 1980
United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act of 1980
Long title
An Act to extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.
Nicknames
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1980
Enacted by
the 96th United States Congress
Effective
June 30, 1980
Citations
Public law
96-294
Statutes at Large
94 Stat. 611
Codification
Titles amended
42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections created
42 U.S.C. ch. 95 § 8701
U.S.C. sections amended
50 U.S.C. Appendix § 2061, Defense Production Act of 1950
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 932 by William Proxmire (D–WI) on April 9, 1979
Committee consideration by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Passed the Senate on June 20, 1979 (passed)
Passed the House on June 26, 1979 (368-25, in lieu of H.R. 3930)
Reported by the joint conference committee on June 18, 1980; agreed to by the Senate on June 19, 1980 (78-12) and by the House on June 26, 1980 (317-93)
Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on June 30, 1980
The Energy Security Act was signed into law by U.S. President Jimmy Carter on June 30, 1980.[1]
It consisted of six major acts:
U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act
Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act
Renewable Energy Resources Act
Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Act
Geothermal Energy Act
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act
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