National Energy Conservation Policy Act

National Energy Conservation Policy Act
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titlesNational Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978
Long titleAn Act for the relief of Jack R. Misner.
Acronyms (colloquial)NECPA
NicknamesFederal Photovoltaic Utilization Act
Enacted bythe 95th United States Congress
EffectiveNovember 9, 1978
Citations
Public law95-619
Statutes at Large92 Stat. 3206
Codification
Acts amendedEnergy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975
Titles amended42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created42 U.S.C. ch. 91 § 8201 et seq.
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 5037 by Jack Kemp (R–NY) on March 14, 1977
  • Committee consideration by House Ways and Means, Senate Finance
  • Passed the House on July 18, 1978 (Passed)
  • Passed the Senate on September 13, 1978 (Passed, in lieu of inserted S. 2057, amended S. 701, & certain provisions of H.R. 8444)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on October 6, 1978; agreed to by the Senate on October 9, 1978 (86-3) and by the House on October 14, 1978 (231-168)
  • Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on November 9, 1978

The National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 (NECPA, Pub. L. 95–619, 92 Stat. 3206, enacted November 9, 1978) is a United States statute which was enacted as part of the National Energy Act.

The H.R. 5037 legislation was passed by the 95th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on November 9, 1978.[1]

Energy demand management programs had been legislated earlier in California and Wisconsin as early as 1975.

  1. ^ Gerhard Peters; John T. Woolley. "Jimmy Carter: "National Energy Bills Remarks on Signing H.R. 4018, H.R. 5263, H.R. 5037, H.R. 5146, and H.R. 5289 Into Law. ," November 9, 1978". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara. Retrieved 16 July 2016.