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[CITE: 42USC4341]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 55--NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
 
Sec. 4341. Reports to Congress; recommendations for legislation

    The President shall transmit to the Congress annually beginning July 
1, 1970, an Environmental Quality Report (hereinafter referred to as the 
``report'') which shall set forth (1) the status and condition of the 
major natural, manmade, or altered environmental classes of the Nation, 
including, but not limited to, the air, the aquatic, including marine, 
estuarine, and fresh water, and the terrestrial environment, including, 
but not limited to, the forest, dryland, wetland, range, urban, 
suburban, and rural environment; (2) current and foreseeable trends in 
the quality, management and utilization of such environments and the 
effects of those trends on the social, economic, and other requirements 
of the Nation; (3) the adequacy of available natural resources for 
fulfilling human and economic requirements of the Nation in the light of 
expected population pressures; (4) a review of the programs and 
activities (including regulatory activities) of the Federal Government, 
the State and local governments, and nongovernmental entities or 
individuals, with particular reference to their effect on the 
environment and on the conservation, development and utilization of 
natural resources; and (5) a program for remedying the deficiencies of 
existing programs and activities, together with recommendations for 
legislation.

(Pub. L. 91-190, title II, Sec. 201, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 854.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4344 of this title.
