Energy Security Act

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; Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act; 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:

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