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(i) Conflict of interest; report to Congress; publica- 

 tion in Federal Register; otiier laws applicable. 



(1) For the purposes of this chapter, section 

 208(b) of Title 18, relating to conflicts of interest, 

 can be invoked and implemented only by the Ad- 

 ministrator personally. Such subsection shall not be 

 invoked as to any person unless and until— 



(A) the Congress has received, ten days prior 

 thereto, a written report containing notice of the 

 Administrator's intention so to invoke such sub- 

 section, a detailed statement of the subject matter 

 concerning which a conflict exists; and In the 

 case of an exemption set forth in clause (1) of such 

 subsection, the nature of an officer's or employ- 

 ee's financial interest; or in the case of an exemp- 

 tion set forth in clause (2) of such subsection, the 

 name and statement of financial interest of each 

 person who will come within such exemption; and 



(B) such written report Is published in the 

 Federal Register, 



(2) Nothing contained in this subsection shall 

 affect in any way the applicability or operation of 

 other laws relating to officers and employees of the 

 United States Government. 



(j) Dual employment. 



No individual holding any of the positions de- 

 scribed in subsections (a), (o, (d), and (e) of this 

 section may also hold any other position in the ex- , 

 ecutive branch during the same period. (Pub. L. 93- . 

 275, § 4, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 97.) 



Effective and Termination Dates 



Section effective sixty days after May 7, 1974, or sooner 

 under Presidential notice published In Federal Register, 

 and terminating June 30. 1976, see section 30 of Pub. L. 

 93-275, set out as a note under section 761 of this title. 



§ 764. Specific functions and purposes. 



(a) Subject to the provisions and procedures set 

 forth in this chapter, the Administrator shall be 

 responsible for such actions as are taken to assure 

 that adequate provision is made to meet the energy 

 needs of the Nation. To that end, he shall make such 

 plans and direct and conduct such programs related- 

 to the production, conservation, use, control, dis- 

 tribution, rationing, and allocation of all forms of 

 energy as are appropriate in connection with only 

 those authorities or functions — 



(1) specifically transferred to or vested in him 

 by or pursuant to this chapter; 



(2) delegated to him by the President pursuant 

 to specific authority vested in the President by 

 law; and 



(3) otherwise specifically vested in the Admin- 

 istrator by the Congress. 



(b) To the extent authorized by subsection (a) of 

 this section, the Administrator shall — 



(1) advise the President and the Congress with 

 respect to the establishment of a comprehensive 

 national energy policy in relation to the energy 

 matters for which the Administration has respon- 

 sibility, and, in coordination with the Secretary of 

 State, the integration of domestic and foreign pol- 

 icies relating to energy resource management; 



(2) assess the adequacy of energy resources to 

 meet demands In the immediate and longer range 



future for all sectors of the economy and for the 

 general public; 



(3) develop effective arrangements for the par- 

 ticipation of State and local governments in the 

 resolution of energy problems; 



(4) develop plans and programs for dealing with 

 energy production shortages; 



(5) promote stability in energy prices to the 

 consumer, promote free and open competition In 

 all aspects of the energy field, prevent unreason- 

 able profits within the various segments of the 

 energy industry, and promote free enterprise; 



(6) assure that energy programs are designed 

 and implemented in a fair and efficient manner so 

 as to minimize hardship and inequity while assur- 

 ing that the priority needs of the Nation are met; 



(7) develop and oversee the implementation of 

 equitable voluntary and mandatory energy con- 

 servation programs and promote efficiencies in the 

 use of energy resources; 



(8) develop and recommend policies on the im- 

 port and export of energy resources; 



(9) collect, evaluate, assemble, and analyze en- 

 ergy information on reserves, production, demand, 

 and related economic data; 



(10) work with business, labor, consumer and 

 other interests and obtain their cooperation; 



(11) in administering any pricing authority, 

 provide by rule, for equitable allocation of all 

 component costs of producing propane gas. Such 

 rules may require that (a) only those costs di- 

 rectly related to the production of profane may 

 be allocated by any producer to such gas for pur- 

 poses of establishing any price for propane, and 

 (b) prices for propane shall be based on the prices 

 for propane in effect on May 15, 1973. The Admin- 

 istrator shall not allow costs attributable to 

 changes in ownership and movement of propane 

 gas where, in the opinion of the Administrator, 

 such changes in ownership and movement occur 

 primarily for the purpose of establishing a higher 

 price; and 



(12) perform such other functions as may be 

 prescribed by law. 



(c) (1) The Administrator shall not exercise the 

 discretion delegated to him by the President, pur- 

 suant to section 754 of this title, to submit to the 

 Congress as one energy action any amendment to 

 the regulation under section 753, pursuant to sec- 

 tion 760a, which amendment exempts any oil, re- 

 fined petroleum product, or refined product cate- 

 gory from both the allocation and pricing provi- 

 sions of the regulation under section 4 of such Act. 



(2) Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the 

 Administrator from concurrently submitting an 

 energy action relating to price together with an 

 energy action relating to allocation of the same oil, 

 refined petroleum product, or refined product 

 category (Pub. L. 93-275, § 5, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 

 98; amended Pub. L. 94-385, title I, § 102, Aug. 14, 

 1976, 9fl Stat. 1127.) 



Amendments 

 1976 — Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-385 adrted subsec. (c). 



