---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15834"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "15834"
heading: "Report on failure to comply with deadlines for new or revised energy conservation standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/15834"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter I — Energy Efficiency"
  - "Part C — Energy Efficient Products"
---

# §15834. Report on failure to comply with deadlines for new or revised energy conservation standards

- (a) **Initial report—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall submit a report to Congress regarding each new or revised energy conservation or water use standard which the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) has failed to issue in conformance with the deadlines established in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act [[42 U.S.C. 6201](/usc/42/6201.md) et seq.]. Such report shall [state](/usc/42/15951.md?p=b-2) the reasons why the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) has failed to comply with the deadline for issuances of the new or revised standard and set forth the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4)’s plan for expeditiously prescribing such new or revised standard. The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4)’s initial report shall be submitted not later than 6 months following August 8, 2005, and subsequent reports shall be submitted whenever the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) determines that additional deadlines for issuance of new or revised standards have been missed.
- (b) **Implementation report—** Every 6 months following the submission of a report under [subsection (a)](#a) until the adoption of a new or revised standard described in such report, the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall submit to the Congress an implementation report describing the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4)’s progress in implementing the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4)’s plan or the issuance of the new or revised standard.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 141, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 648.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94–163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 871, which is classified principally to chapter 77 (§ 6201 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6201 of this title and Tables.