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[CITE: 15USC790]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
               CHAPTER 16B--FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
 
        SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ENERGY INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
 
Sec. 790. Establishment of Office of Energy Information and 
        Analysis
        

(a) Director; appointment; qualifications

    (1) There is established within the Federal Energy Administration an 
Office of Energy Information and Analysis (hereinafter in this chapter 
referred to as the ``Office'') which shall be headed by a Director who 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate.
    (2) The Director shall be a person who, by reason of professional 
background and experience, is specially qualified to manage an energy 
information system.

(b) Delegation of authority by Administrator

    The Administrator shall delegate (which delegation may be on a 
nonexclusive basis as the Administrator may determine may be necessary 
to assure the faithful execution of his authorities and responsibilities 
under law) the authority vested in him under section 796 of this title 
and section 772 of this title and the Director may act in the name of 
the Administrator under section 797 of this title and section 772 of 
this title for the purpose of obtaining enforcement of the authorities 
delegated to him.

(c) ``Energy information'' defined

    As used in this chapter the term ``energy information'' shall have 
the meaning described in section 796 of this title.

(Pub. L. 93-275, Sec. 51, as added Pub. L. 94-385, title I, Sec. 142, 
Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1135.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 143 of Pub. L. 94-385 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by this part C to the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 
[enacting this subchapter] shall take effect 150 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act [Aug. 14, 1976], except that section 56(c) of the 
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (as added by this part) 
[section 790e(c) of this title] shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act [Aug. 14, 1976].''

                          Transfer of Functions

    Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law 
in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless 
otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare.
    Functions assigned to Director of Office of Energy Information and 
Analysis under this subchapter vested in Administrator of Energy 
Information Administration within Department of Energy by section 
7135(c) of Title 42.


                   Congressional Findings and Purpose

    Section 141 of Pub. L. 94-385 provided that:
    ``(a) The Congress finds that the public interest requires that 
decisionmaking, with respect to this Nation's energy requirements and 
the sufficiency and availability of energy resources and supplies, be 
based on adequate, accurate, comparable, coordinated, and credible 
energy information.
    ``(b) The purpose of this title [see Short Title note set out under 
section 761 of this title] is to establish within the Federal Energy 
Administration an Office of Energy Information and Analysis and a 
National Energy Information System to assure the availability of 
adequate, comparable, accurate, and credible energy information to the 
Federal Energy Administration, to other Government agencies responsible 
for energy-related policy decisions, to the Congress, and to the 
public.''
