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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

9 1 STAT. 610

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PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 9 1 — A U G. 4, 1977 and transmit to the Congress a report on the effects on employees of the reorganization under this Act, which shall include— (1) an identification of any position within the Department or elsewhere in the executive branch, which it considers unnecessary due to consolidation of functions under this Act; (2) a statement of the number of employees entitled to pay savings by reason of the reorganization under this Act; (3) a statement of the number of employees who are voluntarily or involuntarily separated by reason of such reorganization; (4) an estimate of the personnel costs associated with such reorganization; (0) the eft'ects of such reorganization on labor management relations: and (6) such legislative and administrative recommendations for improvements in personnel management within the Department as the Commission considers necessary. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMEXTS

42 USC 7301.

SEC. 713. The transfer of functions under titles III and IV of this Act shall not affect the validity of any draft environmental impact statement published before the effective date of this Act. TITLE VIII—ENERGY PLAXXIXG XATIONAL EXERGY POLICY PLAX

42 USC 7321.

Biennial transmittal to Congress. Contents.

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S E C 801. (a) The President shall— (1) prepare and submit to the Congress a proposed National Energy Policy P l a n (hereinafter in this title referred to as a proposed P l a n ' ') as provided in subsection (b); (2) seek the active participation by regional, State, and local agencies and instrumentalities and the private sector through public hearings in cities and rural communities and other appropriate means to insure that the views and proposals of all segments of the economy are taken into account in the formulation and review of such proposed P l a n; (3) include within the proposed P l a n a comprehensive summary of data pertaining to all fuel and energy needs of persons residing in— (A) areas outside standard metropolitan statistical areas; and (B) areas within standard metropolitan statistical areas which are unincorporated or are specified by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, as rural areas. (b) Xot later than April 1. 1079. and biennially thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Congress the proposed Plan. Such proposed P l a n shall— ^-j^^ consider and establish energy production, utilization, and conservation objectives, for periods of five and ten years, necessary to satisfy projected energy needs of the United States to meet the requirements of the general welfare of the people of the United States and the commercial and industrial life of the Nation, paying particular attention to the needs for full employment, price stability, energy security, economic growth, environmental protecticm, nuclear non-proliferation. special regional needs, and the efficient utilization of public and private resources;