A bill to establish an Energy Mobilization Board.
National Energy Mobilization Act - Title I: National Energy Mobilization Board - Establishes in the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the National Energy Mobilization Board. Authorizes the Board to enter into contracts to acquire and dispose of property and to take such other measures as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Title II: Authorized Energy Programs - Directs the Board to estimate energy needs of the United States and to establish domestic energy production and conservation targets. Stipulates that such targets shall be set in annual increments over a ten-year period. Authorizes the Board to identify and monitor the activities of private and governmental entities necessary to achieve such targets.
Empowers the Board to obtain such information as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Authorizes the Board to require the allocation of essential supplies of materials and equipment necessary to maximize domestic energy supplies.
Directs the Board to establish a Federal energy resource assessment program.
Directs the Board to study the feasibility and material needs of one or more oil and natural gas pipeline routes from the Naval Petroleum Reserve Number Four in Alaska. Directs the Board to submit periodic reports to Congress on the progress of such study.
Authorizes the Board to prepare a Federal Facilities Energy Program to utilize idle or surplus resources of the Federal Government to augment the production of domestic energy resources.
Directs the Board to review and evaluate Federal agency procedures in order to identify areas where unreasonable procedural delays and impediments can be eliminated.
Title III: Programs Requiring Express Legislative Authorization - Directs the Board to prepare a Federal Coal Production Program consisting of a legislative recommendation for the accelerated exploration and production of domestic coal resources. Directs the Board to develop a Federal Energy Transportation System Improvement Program consisting of legislative recommendations for programs to assure the development of energy-efficient transportation systems.
Authorizes the Board to prepare an Energy Capital Investment Program, designed to make adequate capital available for private investment in the production, development and transportation of conventional energy supplies.
Stipulates that no program under this title shall be carried out until a report describing the program has been transmitted to the Congress.
Authorizes the Board to make loan guarantees for high-priority energy projects, up to a maximum of $100,000,000 for any one project. Establishes eligibility criteria for such projects.
Title IV: Advisory Committees and Interagency Coordination - Authorizes the Board to establish advisory committees to consult with the Board during the development of any program established pursuant to this Act.
Directs all agencies of the Federal Government to develop techniques to conserve energy resources.
Title V: General Provisions - Directs the Board to develop an affirmative action plan to assure that no person shall be excluded from participating in any program initiated by the Board on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex.
Stipulates that this Act shall terminate September 30, 1980.
Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary to carry out the objectives of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Subsequently: Energy and Natural Resources).
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