---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 8257"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "8257"
heading: "Interagency Energy Management Task Force"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/8257"
units:
  - "Chapter 91 — National Energy Conservation Policy"
  - "Subchapter III — Federal Energy Initiative"
  - "Part B — Federal Energy Management"
---

# §8257. Interagency Energy Management Task Force

- (a) **In general—** To assist the interagency committee organized under [section 7266 of this title](/usc/42/7266.md) to coordinate the activities of the Federal Government in promoting energy conservation and the efficient use of energy and in informing non-Federal entities of the Federal experience in energy conservation, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) shall establish an Interagency Energy Management [Task Force](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=3) (hereafter in this section referred to as the “[Task Force](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=3)”).
- (b) **Members—** The [Task Force](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=3) shall be composed of the chief energy managers of [agencies](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1) represented on the interagency committee organized under [section 7266 of this title](/usc/42/7266.md).
- (c) **Duties—** The [Task Force](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=3) shall meet when the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) requests, but not less often than twice a year, to—
  - (1) assess the progress of the various [agencies](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1) in achieving energy savings;
  - (2) collect and disseminate information to [agencies](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1), [States](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14), local governments, and the public on effective survey techniques, innovative approaches to the efficient use of energy, incentive programs developed under [section 8256 of this title](/usc/42/8256.md), innovative contracting methods developed under subchapter VII of this chapter, the use of [cogeneration facilities](/usc/42/8259.md?p=3) and renewable resources, and other technologies that promote the conservation and efficient use of energy;
  - (3) coordinate [energy surveys](/usc/42/8259.md?p=5) conducted by the [agencies](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1);
  - (4) develop options for use in conserving energy;
  - (5) report to the committee organized under [section 7266 of this title](/usc/42/7266.md); and
  - (6) review, from time to time as may be necessary, the regulations relating to building temperature settings to determine whether changes in such regulations would be appropriate to assist in meeting the goals specified in [section 8253 of this title](/usc/42/8253.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–619, title V, § 547, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3279; Pub. L. 100–615, § 2(a), Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3187.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–615 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to creation of an Interagency Energy Management Task Force for provisions relating to energy audits and retrofitting of existing Federal buildings.