---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 18776"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "18776"
heading: "Expansion of international energy data"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/18776"
units:
  - "Chapter 162 — Energy Infrastructure"
  - "Subchapter IV — Energy Information Administration"
---

# §18776. Expansion of international energy data

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, the [Administrator](/usc/42/18771.md?p=1) shall implement measures to expand and improve the international energy data resources of the Energy Information Administration in order to understand—
  - (1) the production and use of energy in various countries;
  - (2) changing patterns of energy use internationally;
  - (3) the relative costs and environmental impacts of energy production and use internationally; and
  - (4) plans for or [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) of major energy facilities or infrastructure.
- (b) **Requirements—** In carrying out [subsection (a)](#a), the [Administrator](/usc/42/18771.md?p=1) shall—
  - (1) work with, and leverage the data resources of, the International Energy [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1);
  - (2) include detail on energy consumption by fuel, economic sector, and end use within countries for which data are available;
  - (3) collect relevant measures of energy use, including—
    - (A) cost; and
    - (B) emissions intensity; and
  - (4) provide tools that allow for straightforward country-to-country comparisons of energy production and consumption across economic sectors and end uses.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title IV, § 40416, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1045.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Wage Rate Requirements

For provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of Pub. L. 117–58, including authority of Secretary of Labor, see section 18851 of this title.