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[CITE: 42USC7352]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--SUNSET PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 7352. Contents of review

    Each comprehensive review prepared for submission under section 7351 
of this title shall include--
        (1) the name of the component of the Department responsible for 
    administering the program;
        (2) an identification of the objectives intended for the program 
    and the problem or need which the program was intended to address;
        (3) an identification of any other programs having similar or 
    potentially conflicting or duplicative objectives;
        (4) an assessment of alternative methods of achieving the 
    purposes of the program;
        (5) a justification for the authorization of new budget 
    authority, and an explanation of the manner in which it conforms to 
    and integrates with other efforts;
        (6) an assessment of the degree to which the original objectives 
    of the program have been achieved, expressed in terms of the 
    performance, impact, or accomplishments of the program and of the 
    problem or need which it was intended to address, and employing the 
    procedures or methods of analysis appropriate to the type or 
    character of the program;
        (7) a statement of the performance and accomplishments of the 
    program in each of the previous four completed fiscal years and of 
    the budgetary costs incurred in the operation of the program;
        (8) a statement of the number and types of beneficiaries or 
    persons served by the program;
        (9) an assessment of the effect of the program on the national 
    economy, including, but not limited to, the effects on competition, 
    economic stability, employment, unemployment, productivity, and 
    price inflation, including costs to consumers and to businesses;
        (10) an assessment of the impact of the program on the Nation's 
    health and safety;
        (11) an assessment of the degree to which the overall 
    administration of the program, as expressed in the rules, 
    regulations, orders, standards, criteria, and decisions of the 
    officers executing the program, are believed to meet the objectives 
    of the Congress in establishing the program;
        (12) a projection of the anticipated needs for accomplishing the 
    objectives of the program, including an estimate if applicable of 
    the date on which, and the conditions under which, the program may 
    fulfill such objectives;
        (13) an analysis of the services which could be provided and 
    performance which could be achieved if the program were continued at 
    a level less than, equal to, or greater than the existing level; and
        (14) recommendations for necessary transitional requirements in 
    the event that funding for such program is discontinued, including 
    proposals for such executives or legislative action as may be 
    necessary to prevent such discontinuation from being unduly 
    disruptive.

(Pub. L. 95-91, title X, Sec. 1002, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 612.)
