A bill to provide that the Congress and the Nation shall be alert to the consequences of energy production, distribution, consumption for the natural environment, for sources and reserves of energy, including specifically petroleum and other energy reserves on Federal lands, and for the political, social, and economic structure of the Nation; to provide that the National Energy Policy Plan shall be coordinated with the technological, economic, and social progress of the Nation; to provide for cooperation among nations in the safe, efficient, and beneficial use of international energy resources; to provide for appropriate organizations within the Federal Government; to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act; and for other purposes.
Energy Technology and Planning Act - Title I: Energy Technology and Planning - Declares the purpose of Congress to be the establishment of energy programs to assure that planning by the Federal Government, the States, and the private sector is designed to synchronize the production and use of energy with research and with the development of new methods for energy production, distribution, consumption, and waste disposal.
Title II: National Energy Policy Plan - Directs the President to prepare and submit to the Congress by June 1, 1981, and every four years thereafter, a National Energy Policy Plan. Requires such plan to establish objectives, strategies, and contingency plans for energy production, conservation, distribution, consumption, and waste disposal. Directs the President to submit a supplementary energy report with each proposed plan.
Title III: Congressional Review - Provides for congressional review of such proposed plans.
Title IV: Implementation - Directs the President to report to the Congress by July 1, 1979, concerning the executive branch's requirements for preparing such plan. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Title V: Conforming Amendments - Amends specified sections of the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Federal Nonnuclear Research and Development Act of 1974 to conform to the provisions of this Act.
Repeals the energy planning provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to House Committee on Rules.
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