Energy Security Act

The Energy Security Act was signed into law by U.S. President Jimmy Carter on June 30, 1980.

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

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

See also

• Energy security
• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

References

• DOE Timeline: 1971-1980 Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Energy
• President Carter and the Search for Synthetic Fossil Fuels