PUBLIC LAW 94-280—MAY 5, 1976 (2) The Commission shall make a full and complete investigation and study of the transportation needs and of the resources, requirements, and policies of the United States to meet such expected needs. It shall take into consideration all reports on National Transportation Policy which have been submitted to the Congress including but not limited to the National Transportation Reports of 1972 and 1974. I t shall evaluate the relative merits of all modes of transportation in meeting our transportation needs. Based on such study, it shall recommend those policies which are most likely to insure that adequate transportation systems are in place which will meet the needs for safe and efficient movement of goods and people. (b) Such Commission shall be comprised of 19 members as follows: (A) Six members appointed by the President of the Senate from the membership of the Committee on Public Works, Committee on Commerce, and Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate; (B) five members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation and one member appointed by the Speaker from the membership of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; and (C) seven members of the public appointed by the President. (c) The Commission shall not later than December 31, 1978 submit to the President and the Congress its final report including its findings and recommendations. The Commission shall cease to exist six months after submission of such report. All records and papers of the Commission shall thereupon be delivered to the Administrator of General Services for deposit in the Archives of the United States. (d) Such report shall include the Commission's findings and recommendations with respect to— (A) the Nation's transportation needs, both national and regional, through the year 2000; (B) the ability of our current transportation systems to meet the projected needs; (C) the proper mix of highway, rail, M^aterway, pipeline, and air transportation systems to meet anticipated needs; (D) the energy requirements and availability of energy to meet anticipated needs; (E) the existing policies and programs of the Federal government which affect the development of our national transportation systems; and (F) the new policies required to develop balanced national transportation systems which meet projected need. (e)(1) The Chairman of the Commission, who shall be elected by the Commission from among its members, shall request the head of each Federal department or agency which has an interest in or a responsibility with respect to a national transportation policy to appoint, and the head of such department or agency shall appoint, a liaison officer who shall work closely with the Commission and its staff in matters pertaining to this section. Such departments and agencies shall include, but not be limited to, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2) In carrying out its duties the Commission shall seek the advice of various groups interested in national transportation policy includ-
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