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will not prejudice or remove any other legal remedies 

 available to any individual alleging discrimination. 

 (Pub. L. 93-275, § 16, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 109.) 



§ 776. Advisory committees. 



(a) Representation of points of view and functions, 

 government, and regulatory utility commissions. 



Whenever the Administrator shall establish or 

 utilize any board, task force, commission, committee, 

 or similar group, not composed entirely of full-tiaie 

 Government employees, to advise with respect to, 

 or to formulate or carry out, any agreement or plan 

 of action affecting any industry or segment there- 

 of, the Administrator shall endeavor to insure that 

 each such group is reasonably representative of the 

 various points of view and functions of the industry 

 and users affected, including those of residential, 

 commercial, and industrial consumers, and shall in- 

 clude, where appropriate, representation from both 

 State and local governments, and from representa- 

 tives of State regulatory utility commissions, se- 

 lected after consultation with the respective national 

 associations. 



(b) Public meetings; participation of interested per- 

 sons; closed meetings; determination, national 

 security, reasons. 



Each meeting of such board, task force, commis- 

 sion, committee, or similar group, shall be open to 

 the public, and interested persons shall be permit- 

 ted to attend, appear before, and file statements 

 with, such group, except that the Administrator may 

 determine that such meeting shall be closed in the 

 interest of national security. Such determination 

 shall be In writing, shall contain a detailed explana- 

 tion of reasons In Justification of the determination, 

 and shall be made available to the public. 



(c) Public inspection and copying of documents. 



All records, reports, transcripts, memoranda, and 

 other documents, which were prepared for or by 

 such group, shall be available for public Inspection 

 and copying at a single location In the ofHces of the 

 Administration. 



(d) Federal Advisory Committee Act applicable. 



Advisory committees established or utilized pur- 

 suant to this Act shall be governed In full by the 

 provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

 except as inconsistent with this section. (Pub, L. 93- 

 275, § 17, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 110.) 



§ 777. Economic analysis of proposed actions, 

 (a) Scope of analysis. 



In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the 

 Administrator shall, to the greatest extent practica- 

 ble, insure that the potential economic impacts of 

 proposed regulatory and other actions are evaluated 

 and considered, including but not limited to an 

 analysis of the effect of such actions on — 



(1) the fiscal integrity of State and local 

 governments; 



(2) vital industrial sectors of the economy; 



(3) employment, by industrial and trade sec- 

 tors, as well as on a national, regional. State, and 



local basis; 



(4) the economic vitality of regional, State, and 

 local areas; 



(5) the availability and price of consumer goods 

 and services; 



(6) the gross national product; 



(7) low and middle Income families as defined 

 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 



(8) competition in all sectors of Industry; and 



(9) small business. 



(b) Conservation measures. 



The Administrator shall develop analyses of the 

 economic impact of various conservation measures 

 on States or significant sectors thereof, considering 

 the impact on both energy for fuel and energy as 

 feed stock for Industry. 



(c) Explicit analyses; interagency cooperation; other 

 review and cause of action provisions. 



Such analyses shall, wherever f>ossible, be made 

 explicit, and to the extent possible, other Federal 

 agencies and agencies of State and local govern- 

 .nents which have special knowledge and expertise 

 relevant to the Impact of proposed regulatory or 

 other actions shall be consulted in making the 

 analyses and all Federal agencies are authorized 

 and directed to cooperate with the Administrator in 

 preparing such analyses: Provided, That the Ad- 

 ministrator's actions pursuant to this section shall 

 not create any right of review or cause of action 

 except as would otherwise exist under other provi- 

 sions of law. 



(d) Monitoring economic impact of energy actions; 

 report and recommendations to Congress. 



The Administrator, together with the Secretaries 

 of Labor and Commerce, shall monitor the economic 

 impact of any energj- actions taken by the Adminis- 

 trator, and shaU provide the Congress with an an- 

 nual report on the impact of the energy short- 

 age and the Administrator's actions on employment 

 and the economy. Such report shall contain recom- 

 mendations as to whether additional Federal pro- 

 grams of employment and economic assistance 

 should be put into effect to minimize the impact of 

 the energy shortage and any actions taken. 



(e) Industrial or regional discrimination; equal bear- 

 ing of costs and burdens of meeting energy short- 

 ages. 



The Administrator shall formulate and implement 

 regulatory and other actions in a manner (1) which 

 does not unduly discriminate against any industry 

 or any region of the United States; and (2) designed 

 to insure that, to the greatest extent possible, the 

 costs and burdens of meeting energy shortages shall 

 be borne equally by every sector and segment of the 

 country and of the economy. (Public Law 93-275, 

 I 18, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 110. amended Public Law 

 94-385, title I, § 109(d) Aug. 14 1976, 90 Stat. 1130.) 



Amendments 



1976 — Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-385 substituted "an 

 annual report" for "a report every six months". 



