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[CITE: 42USC7267]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7267. Annual report

    The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each 
fiscal year, commencing with the first complete fiscal year following 
October 1, 1977, make a report to the President for submission to the 
Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding fiscal 
year. Such report shall include a statement of the Secretary's goals, 
priorities, and plans for the Department, together with an assessment of 
the progress made toward the attainment of those goals, the effective 
and efficient management of the Department and progress made in 
coordination of its functions with other departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government. In addition, such report shall include the 
information required by section 774 of title 15, section 6325(c) of this 
title, section 10224(c) of this title, section 5877 of this title, and 
section 5914 of this title, and shall include:
        (1) projected energy needs of the United States to meet the 
    requirements of the general welfare of the people of the United 
    States and the commercial and industrial life of the Nation, 
    including a comprehensive summary of data pertaining to all fuel and 
    energy needs of residents of the United States residing in--
            (A) areas outside standard metropolitan statistical areas; 
        and
            (B) areas within such areas which are unincorporated or are 
        specified by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, 
        as rural areas;

        (2) an estimate of (A) the domestic and foreign energy supply on 
    which the United States will be expected to rely to meet such needs 
    in an economic manner with due regard for the protection of the 
    environment, the conservation of natural resources, and the 
    implementation of foreign policy objectives, and (B) the quantities 
    of energy expected to be provided by different sources (including 
    petroleum, natural and synthetic gases, coal, uranium, 
    hydroelectric, solar, and other means) and the expected means of 
    obtaining such quantities;
        (3) current and foreseeable trends in the price, quality, 
    management, and utilization of energy resources and the effects of 
    those trends on the social, environmental, economic, and other 
    requirements of the Nation;
        (4) a summary of research and development efforts funded by the 
    Federal Government to develop new technologies, to forestall energy 
    shortages, to reduce waste, to foster recycling, to encourage 
    conservation practices, and to increase efficiency; and further such 
    summary shall include a description of the activities the Department 
    is performing in support of environmental, social, economic and 
    institutional, biomedical, physical and safety research, 
    development, demonstration, and monitoring activities necessary to 
    guarantee that technological programs, funded by the Department, are 
    undertaken in a manner consistent with and capable of maintaining or 
    improving the quality of the environment and of mitigating any 
    undesirable environmental and safety impacts;
        (5) a review and appraisal of the adequacy and appropriateness 
    of technologies, procedures, and practices (including competitive 
    and regulatory practices) employed by Federal/State, and local 
    governments and nongovernmental entities to achieve the purposes of 
    this chapter;
        (6) a summary of cooperative and voluntary efforts that have 
    been mobilized to promote conservation and recycling, together with 
    plans for such efforts in the succeeding fiscal year, and 
    recommendations for changes in laws and regulations needed to 
    encourage more conservation and recycling by all segments of the 
    Nation's populace;
        (7) a summary of substantive measures taken by the Department to 
    stimulate and encourage the development of new manpower resources 
    through the Nation's colleges and universities and to involve these 
    institutions in the execution of the Department's research and 
    development programs; and
        (8) to the extent practicable, a summary of activities in the 
    United States by companies or persons which are foreign owned or 
    controlled and which own or control United States energy sources and 
    supplies, including the magnitude of annual foreign direct 
    investment in the energy sector in the United States and exports of 
    energy resources from the United States by foreign owned or 
    controlled business entities or persons, and such other related 
    matters as the Secretary may deem appropriate.

(Pub. L. 95-91, title VI, Sec. 657, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 603; Pub. L. 
104-66, title I, Sec. 1052(g), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 718.)


                               Amendments

    1995--Pub. L. 104-66 inserted ``section 6325(c) of this title, 
section 10224(c) of this title,'' after ``section 774 of title 15,'' in 
introductory provisions.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5562, 6806, 7135, 8235g of 
this title; title 15 section 780; title 22 section 3142.
