91 STAT. 610 



PUBLIC LAW 95-91— AUG. 4, 1977 



and transmit to the Congress a report on the etl'ects on employees of 

 Contents. tlie reorganization under this Act, w iiich siiall inchide — 



(1) an identification of any position witliin the Department oi' 

 elsewhere in tlie executive branch, which it consideis unnecessary 

 due to conscjlidation of functions under this Act ; 



(2) a statement of the numlier of em[)loyees entitled to pay sav- 

 ings by reason of tlie reorganization under this Act; 



(3) a statement of the mnnber of emiiloyees who are voluntarily 

 oi' in\ iiluntarily separated by reason of such reorganization: 



(4) an estinurte of tlie ]iersoiniel costs associated with such 

 reorganization ; 



(.")) the eft'ects of sui-li reorganization on labor management 

 relations; and 



(6) such legislative and administrative reconunendations for 

 improvements in personnel nuinagement within the Department 

 a^ tlie Commission considers necessai'v. 



j;NVlROXME.VTAr mi>.\(T ST.\TKMENTS 



42 use 7301. Sec. 713. The transfer of functions under titles 111 and IV of this 



Act shall not affect the \alidity of any draft environmental impact 

 statement i)ublished before the effective date of this Act. 



TITLE VllI ENEKCY PLAXNIXG 



42 use 7321. 



Biennial 

 transmittal to 



Congress. 

 Contents. 



NATION.\L ENEKOV I'OLICV PL.^N' 



Sec. SOI. (a) The President shall— 



(1) [irepare and submit to the Congress a proposed National 

 Energy Policy Plan (hereinafter in this title referred to as a 

 "proposed Plan") as pro\ ided in sulisection (b) ; 



(2) seek the actixe participation by regional, State, and local 

 agencies and instrumentalities and the {irivate .sector through 

 piibli<' hearings in cities and ruial commniiities and other appro- 

 priate means to insure that the view.s and pi'oposals of all seg- 

 ments of the economy are taken into account in the formulation 

 and review of such ]iroposed Plan ; 



(3) include within the projiosed Plan a comprehensive sum- 

 mary of data pertaining to all fuel and energy needs of persons 

 residing in — 



(.\) areas outside standard metropolitan statistical areas; 

 and 



(B) areas within standard metropolitan statistical ai'eas 



which are nnincoriiorated or are sjiecified by the Pureau of 



the Census, Department of Commerce, as rural areas. 



(b) Not later than .Vpril 1. 1070. and biennially thereafter, the 



l^resident shall transmit to the Congress the inopo.sed Plan. Such 



pro]iosed Plan shall — 



(1) <'onsider and establish eneigv production, utilization, and 

 conser\ ation objel■ti^■es. for periods of fi\"e and ten years, necessary 

 to satisfv^inojected energy needs of the T'nited .""States t<i meet the 

 requirements of the o<.neral welfare of the people of the United 

 ."states and the commercial and indu-^tiial life of the Nation, pay- 

 ing particular attention to the needs foi- full employment, price 

 stability. energ\' security, economic growth. en\ ironiiiental pro- 

 tection, nuclear iion-nroliferation. sjiccia' regional needs, and the 

 efficient utilization of public and private resources; 



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