A bill to reorganize the executive branch of the Federal Government to restructure Federal energy agencies, to establish an Energy Policy Council and a Department of Energy Supply and Natural Resources, to enhance energy conservation programs throughout the executive branch, to study energy regulatory policies.
Omnibus Energy and Natural Resources Reorganization Act - Declares it the purpose of this Act to reorganize Federal energy-related activities in order to provide mechanisms for the development and implementation of a national energy policy where energy conservation is as important as energy supply.
Title I: Energy Policy Formulation Act - Establishes an Energy Policy Council in the Executive Office of the President. Directs the Council to: (1) assist the President in the preparation of an annual energy report to the Congress; (2) develop and recommend policies and programs involving energy supply and conservation for use in the Federal branch; and (3) make studies, reports, and investigations relating to national energy policy.
Stipulates that the Commission shall terminate three years after the date on which the last of the initial three members is appointed.
Creates a Cabinet-level Committee on Conservation in the Executive Office of the President, to be chaired by the Chairman of the Energy Policy Council. Directs the Committee to advise the President with respect to Federal energy conservation policy. Directs the Committee to make an annual report to the President on Federal energy conservation activities. Terminates the Committee after three years of operation.
Title II : Department of Energy Supply and Natural Resources Act - Establishes an executive Department of Energy Supply and Natural Resources. Lists under secretaries, assistant secretaries, and offices to be included within such Department.
Prohibits the Secretary of the Department of Energy Supply and Natural Resources from approving programs or projects requiring use of lands from public parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, or historic sites, unless no feasible and prudent alternative exists and unless such programs includes all possible steps to minimize harm to such lands.
Transfers to the Secretary all energy supply functions from the Department of the Interior, the Federal Energy Administration, and the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration.
Transfers functions of the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Transfers functions from the Bureau of Land Management, the Geological Survey, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Land Use and Water Management, and the Forest Service to the Assistant Secretary for Land and Water Management.
Transfers functions from the Federal Energy Administration to the Assistant Secretary for Conservation of Energy. Transfers functions from the Office of Environmental Quality and legislative affairs functions from the Department of the Interior, the Federal Energy Administration, and the Energy Research and Development Administration, to the Assistant Secretary for Program Management.
Transfers functions from the Geological Survey, the Bureau of Mines, and the Office of Energy Information and Analysis to the Administrator for Energy Supply and Natural Resource Data and Analysis. Transfers functions from the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Office of Water Research and Technology, and the Bureau of Mines to the Assistant Secretary for Research and Development. Transfers functions from the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration and the Energy Research and Development Administration to the Assistant Secretary for Environment and Safety.
Transfers mining and leasing functions over the Outer Continental Shelf and other Federal lands, and all water and power resources functions from the Department of the Interior and the Federal Energy Administration to the Assistant Secretary for the Development of Supply.
Transfers specified authorities to the Secretary of Commerce, the Energy Policy Council, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of General Services. Authorizes the transfer of additional authorities to the Secretary of Energy Supply and Natural Resources as determined by the President to be related to energy supply policy.
Directs the Secretary to submit a comprehensive reorganization plan to Congress prior to initial exercise of reorganization authority conferred by this Actu. Establishes procedures governing the operation of the Department. Requires Congressional review of proposed research contracts.
Amends or repeals existing provisions of law to conform with the provisions of this Act. Declares that rules, regulations, orders, contracts, or licenses in effect at the time this title takes effect shall remain in effect until otherwise altered.
Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress within two years a codification of all energy and natural resources laws.
Directs the Comptroller General to undertake a comprehensive study of Federal energy regulatory activities.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations (Subsequently: Governmental Affairs).
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