---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6396"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6396"
heading: "State laws or programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6396"
units:
  - "Chapter 77 — Energy Conservation"
  - "Subchapter IV — General Provisions"
  - "Part B — General Provisions"
---

# §6396. State laws or programs


No [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) law or [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) program in effect on December 22, 1975, or which may become effective thereafter, shall be superseded by any provision of title I or II of this Act (other than any provision of such title which amends another law) or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder, except insofar as such [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) law or [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) program is in conflict with such provision, rule, regulation, or order.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–163, title V, § 526, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 964.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Title I of this Act, referred to in par. (1), is title I of Pub. L. 94–163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 875, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 6211 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

Title II of this Act, referred to in par. (1), is title II of Pub. L. 94–163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 6271 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables.