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[CITE: 42USC7277]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7277. Report concerning review of United States coal 
        imports
        

(a) In general

    The Energy Information Administration shall issue a report 
quarterly, and provide an annual summary of the quarterly reports to the 
Congress, on the status of United States coal imports. Such quarterly 
reports may be published as a part of the Quarterly Coal Report 
published by the Energy Information Administration.

(b) Contents

    Each report required by this section shall--
        (1) include current and previous year data on the quantity, 
    quality (including heating value, sulfur content, and ash content), 
    and delivered price of all coals imported by domestic electric 
    utility plants that imported more than 10,000 tons during the 
    previous calendar year into the United States;
        (2) identify the foreign nations exporting the coal, the 
    domestic electric utility plants receiving coal from each exporting 
    nation, the domestically produced coal supplied to such plants, and 
    the domestic coal production, by State, displaced by the imported 
    coal;
        (3) identify (to the extent allowed under disclosure policy), at 
    regional and State levels of aggregation, transportation modes and 
    costs for delivery of imported coal from the exporting country port 
    of origin to the point of consumption in the United States; and
        (4) specifically highlight and analyze any significant trends of 
    unusual variations in coal imports.

(c) Date of reports

    The first report required by this section shall be submitted to 
Congress in March 1986. Subsequent reports shall be submitted within 90 
days after the end of each quarter.

(d) Limitation

    Information and data required for the purpose of this section shall 
be subject to the law regarding the collection and disclosure of such 
data.

(Pub. L. 99-58, title II, Sec. 202, July 2, 1985, 99 Stat. 107.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Amendments Act of 1985, and also as part of the National Coal Imports 
Reporting Act of 1985, and not as part of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Short Title

    Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 99-58 provided that: ``This title 
[enacting this section and provisions set out as a note below] may be 
cited as the `National Coal Imports Reporting Act of 1985'.''


  Analysis of United States Coal Import Market; Report by Secretary of 
                           Energy to Congress

    Section 203 of Pub. L. 99-58 provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall, through the Energy 
Information Administration, conduct a comprehensive analysis of the coal 
import market in the United States and report the findings of such 
analysis to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives, within 
nine months of the date of enactment of this Act [July 2, 1985].
    ``(b) Contents.--The report required by this section shall--
        ``(1) contain a detailed analysis of potential domestic markets 
    for foreign coals, by producing nation, between 1985 and 1995;
        ``(2) identify potential domestic consuming sectors of imported 
    coal and evaluate the magnitude of any potential economic 
    disruptions for each impacted State, including analysis of direct 
    and indirect employment impact in the domestic coal industry and 
    resulting income loss to each State;
        ``(3) identify domestically produced coal that potentially could 
    be replaced by imported coal;
        ``(4) identify contractual commitments of domestic utilities 
    expiring between 1985 and 1995 and describe spot buying practices of 
    domestic utilities, fuel cost patterns, plant modification costs 
    required to burn foreign coals, proximity of navigable waters to 
    utilities, demand for compliance coal, availability of less 
    expensive purchased power from Canada, and State and local 
    considerations;
        ``(5) evaluate increased coal consumption by domestic electric 
    utilities resulting from increased power sales and analyze the 
    potential coal import market represented by this increased coal 
    consumption, including consumption by existing coal-fired plants, 
    new coal-fired plants projected up to the year 1995, and plants 
    planning to convert to coal by 1995;
        ``(6) identify existing authorities available to the Federal 
    Government relating to coal imports, assess the potential impact of 
    exercising each of these authorities, and describe executive branch 
    plans and strategies to address coal imports;
        ``(7) identify and characterize the coal export policies of all 
    major coal exporting nations, including the United States, 
    Australia, Canada, Colombia, Poland, and South Africa, with specific 
    analysis of--
            ``(A) direct or indirect Government subsidies to coal 
        exporters;
            ``(B) health, safety, and environmental regulations imposed 
        on each coal producer; and
            ``(C) trade policies relating to coal exports;
        ``(8) evaluate the excess capacity of foreign producers, 
    potential development of new export-oriented coal mines in foreign 
    nations, operating costs of foreign coal mines, capacity of ocean 
    vessels to transport foreign coal, and constraints on importing coal 
    into the United States because of port and harbor availability;
        ``(9) identify specifically the participation of all United 
    States corporations involved in mining and exporting coal from 
    foreign nations; and
        ``(10) identify the policies governing coal imports of all coal-
    importing industrialized nations (including the United States, 
    Japan, and European nations) by considering such factors as import 
    duties or tariffs, import quotas, and other governmental 
    restrictions or trade policies impacting coal imports.''
