PUBLIC LAW 95-91— AUG. 4, 1977 



91 STAT. 611 



(2) identify the strategies that should be followed and the 

 i-esourcos that should be coinniitted to achieve such objectives, 

 forecasting the level of production and investment necessary in 

 each of the significant energy supply sectors and the level of con- 

 servation and investment necessary in each consuming .sector, and 

 outlining the appropriate policies and actions of the Federal 

 Government that will ma.ximizc the private jiroduction and invest- 

 ment necessary in each of the significant energy supply sector; 

 consistent with applicable Federal, State, and local environmental 

 laws, standards, and rei|uireinents; and 



(3) recommend legislative and administrative actions neces- 

 sary and desirable to achieve the objectives of such proposed 

 Plan, including legislative recommendations with respect to taxes 

 or tax incentives. Federal funding, regulatory actions, antitrust 

 policy, foreign policy, and international trade. 



(c) The President shall submit to the Congress with the proposed Report to 

 Plan a report which shall include — Congress. 



(1) whatever data and analysis are necessary to support the 

 objectives, resource needs, and policy recommendations contained 

 in such proposed Plan ; 



(2) an estimate of the domestic and foreign energy supplies on 

 which the Ignited States will be expected to rely to meet projected 

 energy needs in an economic manner consistent with the need to 

 protect the environment, conserve natural resources, and imple- 

 ment foreign policy objectives; 



(3) an evaluation of current and foreseeable trends in the price, 

 quality, management, and utilization of energy resources and the 

 effects of those trends on the social, environmental, economic, and 

 other requirements of the Nation ; 



(4) a summary of research and development efforts funded by 

 the Federal Government to forestall energy shortages, to reduce 

 waste, to foster recycling, to encourage conservation practices, and 

 to otherwise protect environmental quality, including recommen- 

 dations for developing technologies to accomplish such purposes; 

 and 



(5) a review and appraisal of the adequacy and appropriate- 

 ness of technologies, procedures, and practices (including com- 

 petitive and regulatory practices) employed by Federal, State, 

 and local governments and nongovernmental entities to achieve 

 the purposes of the Plan. 



(d) The President shall insure that consumers, small businesses. Consulution. 

 and a wide range of other interests, including those of individual citi- 

 zens who have no financial interest in the energy industry, are con- 

 sulted in the development of the Plan. 



CONGREISSIONAL REVIEW 



Sec. 802. (a) Each proposed Plan shall he referred to the appro- 

 priate committees in the Senate and the House of Representatives. 



(b) Each such committee shall review the proposed Plan and, if 

 it deems appropriate and necesi-aiy. report to the Senate or the House 

 of Representatives legislation regarding such Plan which may contain 

 such alternatives to, modifications of, or additions to the proposed 

 Plan submitted by the President as the committee deems appropriate. 



Plan, referral to 

 congressional 

 committees. 

 42 use 7322. 

 Report to 

 Congress. 



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