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§5819 Report to Congress on future reorganization

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 73— - DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION › § 5819

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Summary

The President must send Congress, as soon as possible but no later than June 30, 1975, any extra recommendations he thinks helpful about how the federal government should organize its energy work. That should say whether to create a Department of Energy and Natural Resources, an Energy Policy Council, or to combine energy rule‑making and oversight duties in whole or in part. The report replaces the report required by section 774(a)(4) of title 15 and serves the same purpose.

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Title 42, §5819

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(a)The President shall transmit to the Congress as promptly as possible, but not later than June 30, 1975, such additional recommendations as he deems advisable for organization of energy and related functions in the Federal Government, including, but not limited to, whether or not there shall be established (1) a Department of Energy and Natural Resources, (2) an Energy Policy Council, and (3) a consolidation in whole or in part of regulatory functions concerning energy.
(b)This report shall replace and serve the purposes of the report required by section 774(a)(4) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 15.

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section 774(a)(4) of title 15, referred to in subsec. (b), was struck out by Pub. L. 94–385, title I, § 109(a)(1), Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1130.

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42 U.S.C. § 5819

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 6, 2026

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