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1 School Aid Act as such section was in effect immediately
2 before September 30, 1979.

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SEC. 605. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated

4 to the Secretary of the Interior such sums as may be neces5 sary to be expended, after consultation with the Secretary of

6 Energy, for developing the use of renewable sources of
7 energy in the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and

8 the Northern Mariana Islands by—
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(1) surveying existing sources and uses of energy;

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(2) estimating future energy needs to the year

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2020;

(3) assessing, in depth, the potential of renewable

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energy sources, including solar, wind,

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ocean current and tidal, biogas biofuel, geothermal and

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ocean thermal energy conversion;

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hydropower,

(4) demonstrating those renewable energy technologies that are determined to be most cost effective;

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(5) drafting a plan for long-term energy develop-

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ment in such territories making use of those renewable

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energy technologies successfully demonstrated under

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paragraph (4) of this section and other technologies

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based on other sources of energy.

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Sec. 606. Authorizations of moneys to be appropriated

24 under this Act shall be effective on October 1, 1980.

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