Requires the President to transmit to the Congress annually a detailed and comprehensive written report on the National Energy and Environmental Strategy of the United States.
Requires such report to be sufficiently detailed to assist the Congress in allocating funds to support all energy-related and environment-related policies, plans, and programs of the U.S. Government.
HR 5786 IH 101st CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5786 To require the President to make an annual report on the National Energy and Environmental Strategy of the United States to Congress. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 3, 1990 Mr. MCEWEN (for himself, Mr. BAKER, Mr. DELAY, and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the President to make an annual report on the National Energy and Environmental Strategy of the United States to Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. NATIONAL ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY REPORT. (a) Each year, on the date on which the President delivers his budget to Congress, the President shall transmit to Congress a detailed and comprehensive written report on the National Energy and Environmental Strategy of the United States. (b) The report referred to in subsection (a) shall be sufficiently detailed to assist Congress in allocating funds to support all of the energy-related and environment-related policies, plans, and programs of the United States Government, and specifically shall include-- (1) a comprehensive discussion of national and global energy and environmental problems, including but not limited to: indoor and outdoor air pollution, water pollution, atmospheric changes, stratospheric ozone depletion, damage to terrestrial systems, deforestation, regulation of pesticides and toxic substances, solid and hazardous waste management, ecosystem protection (wetlands, estuaries, ground water, and the sea), overpopulation, preservation of animal and plant species, soil erosion, and matters relating to the availability and conservation of crude oil and of refined petroleum product and other energy sources; (2) a comprehensive description and assessment of the policies and programs of all departments and agencies of the United States Government responsible for issues listed in paragraph (1), including a discussion of-- (A) the long-term objectives of such policies and programs; (B) existing and proposed funding levels; (C) the impact of each policy and program on pollution prevention, emergency preparedness and response, risk assessment, land management, technology transfer, and matters relating to the availability and conservation of crude oil and of refined petroleum product and other energy sources; and (D) the impact of each on relations with other nations, treaties, membership in international organizations, and funding of programs for global environmental protection and global energy issues; (3) a description and assessment of the integration and coordination of policies, plans, environmental programs, and energy programs of the United States Government with-- (A) the other policies and programs of the United States Government; (B) the environmental and energy policies and programs of the 50 State governments, the District of Columbia, the territories of the United States and all metropolitan areas in the United States with a population greater than one million inhabitants; (C) the environmental and energy policies and programs of major national and international nonprofit conservation organizations; (4) a description and assessment of all efforts by the United States Government to integrate effectively its National Energy and Environmental Strategy with-- (A) the science and technology strategy of the United States Government, including objectives, priorities, timing, funding details, and expected results of all environmental and energy research and development supported by the United States Government and of all efforts at international cooperation on environmental and energy research and development; (B) the national energy policies of the United States Government, including objectives, priorities, timing, funding details, and expected results of all efforts supported by the United States Government aimed at reducing energy demand, improving energy efficiency and conservation, fuel-switching, using safe nuclear power reactors, employing clean coal technology, promoting renewable energy sources, promoting research and possible use of alternative fuels, promoting biomass research, promoting energy research and development in general, and advancing international energy cooperation; (C) the national environmental education strategy of the United States Government, including objectives, priorities, timing, funding details, and expected results of all domestic and international education efforts supported by the United States to improve both public participation and awareness of the need for environmental protection; (D) the technology transfer strategy of the United States Government, including objectives, priorities, timing, funding details, and expected results of all domestic and international environmental and energy technology transfer efforts to foster collaboration and cooperation between Federal agencies and State and local governments, universities, nonprofit conservation organizations, and private industry in order to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the world marketplace and promote environmental and energy technology advancement; and (E) the national security strategy of the United States Government, including objectives, priorities, timing, funding, and expected results of the national security programs to be most compatible with requirements for environmental preservation and a national energy policy, while accomplishing missions essential to national security; (5) an assessment of the overall effectiveness of the National Energy and Environmental Strategy of the United States, including a description of-- (A) the organizational processes utilized to provide a body of energy and environmental information and to evaluate the results of energy and environmental programs; (B) the use of statistical methods; (C) the degree to which the strategy is long-term, comprehensive, integrated, flexible, and oriented toward achieving broad consensus in both the United States and abroad; and (D) recommendations on ways in which the Congress can assist the President in making the strategy more effective; and (6) such other pertinent information as may be necessary-- (A) to provide information to Congress on matters relating to the overall National Energy and Environmental Strategy of the United States Government; and (B) to develop national programs coordinated with those formulated on an international level. (c) The report referred to in subsection (a) shall be transmitted in an unclassified form.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
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