Department of Energy Organization Act. Report together with additional, supplemental, minority, and dissenting views
H.R. 6804 establishes a new Federal department in the executive branch, the Department of Energy. To this new department will be transferred all the functions of the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Federal Energy Administration, and the Federal Power Commission as well as certain functions of the Department of the Interior, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Defense (Navy), the Department of Commerce, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The new Department will be headed by a cabinet-level Secretary of Energy and most of the authority will reside in his office. There will be a Deputy Secretary and nine assistant secretaries who will carry out various duties related to the titles of their offices and such others as the Secretary may assign. The nine assistant secretaries will head the following sections entitled: Public, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; Conservation; Defense Programs; Environment; Fossil and Nuclear Energy Technology; Policy, Evaluation and International Programs; Competition; Resource Applications; and Solar Geothermal Recycling and Other Technologies. The report includes detailed information and explanations of the bill together with four appendices: Organization chart; President's Message to Congress; Draft Executive Order; and Reports of departments and agencies. Additionally, supplemental, minority, and dissenting views are included. (MCW)
- OSTI ID:
- 7220960
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Rept 95-346, Part 1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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