91 STAT. 570 



PUBLIC LAW 95-91— AUG. 4, 1977 



functions and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe. The Under Secre- 

 tary shall bear primary responsibility for energy conservation. Tiie 

 Under Secretary shall be compensated at the rate provided for level 

 III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United 

 States Code, and the (ieneral Counsel shall be compensated at the rate 

 provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 

 of title 5, United States Code. 



ASSISTANT SECRETARIES 



Appointment and Sec. 203. (a) There shall be in the Department eight Assistant Sec- 

 4.2°nsr''7n-? retaries, each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and 

 with the advice and consent of the Senate; who shall be compensated 

 at the rate provided for at level IV of the Executive Schedule under 

 section 5315 of title 5, LTnited States Code; and who shall perform, 

 in accordance with applicable law, such of the functions transferred 

 or delegated to, or vested in, the Secretary as he shall prescribe in 

 Functions. accordance with the provisions of this Act. The functions which the 



Secretary shall assign to the Assistant Secretaries include, but are not 

 limited to, the following: 



(1) Energy resource applications, including functions dealing 

 with management of all forms of energy production and utiliza- 

 tion, including fuel supply, electric power supply, enriched ura- 

 nium production, energy technology programs, and the manage- 

 ment of energy resource leasing procedures on Federal lands. 



(2) Energy research and development functions, including the 

 responsibility for policy and management of research and devel- 

 opment for all aspects of — 



(A) solar energy resources; 



(B) geothermal energy resources; 



(C) recycling energy resources; 



(D) the fuel cycle for fossil energy resources; and 



(E) the fuel cycle for nuclear energy resources. 



(3) Environmental responsibilities and functions, including 

 advising the Secretary with respect to the conformance of the 

 Department's activities to environmental protection laws and 

 principles, and conducting a comprehensive program of research 

 and development on the environmental effects of energy tech- 

 nologies and programs. 



(4) International programs and international policy functions, 

 including those functions which assist in carrying out the inter- 

 national energy purposes described in section 102 of this Act. 



(5) National security functions, including those transferred to 

 the Department from the Energy Research and Development 

 Administration which relate to management and implementation 

 of the nuclear weapons program and other national security func- 

 tions involving nuclear weapons research and development. 



(6) Intergovernmental policies and relations, including respon- 

 sibilities for assuring that national energy policies are reflective 

 of and responsible to the needs of State and local governments, 

 and for assuring that other components of the Department coordi- 

 nate their activities with State and local governments, where 

 appropriate, and develop intergovernmental communications with 

 State and local governments. 



(7) Competition and consumer affairs, including responsibilities 

 for the promotion of competition in the energy industry and for 

 the protection of the consuming public in the energy policymaking 



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