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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§8456 Socioeconomic impacts of increased coal production and other energy development

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 92— - POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT › Part Part E— - Studies › § 8456

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a committee of heads of major federal agencies the Secretary names. President picks the chair. The committee must consult National Governors’ Conference. It must study how expanded coal production and rapid energy development affect states, communities, and the public, including housing and public, recreational, and cultural facilities for miners and their families, and how laws affect providing them. It must collect data on the amount and speed of impact assistance and on regulatory barriers. It must report to Congress within 1 year after the chapter takes effect; it ends 90 days after filing the report.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §8456

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(a)There is hereby established an interagency committee composed of the heads of the Departments of Energy, Commerce, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Farmers’ Home Administration, the Office of Management and Budget, and such other Federal agencies as the Secretary shall designate. In carrying out its functions the committee shall consult with the National Governors’ Conference and interested persons, organizations, and entities. The chairman of the committee shall be designated by the President. The committee shall terminate 90 days after the submission of its report under subsection (c).
(b)It is the function of the committee to conduct a study of the socioeconomic impacts of expanded coal production and rapid energy development in general, on States, including local communities, and on the public, including the adequacy of housing and public, recreational, and cultural facilities for coal miners and their families and the effect of any Federal or State laws or regulations on providing such housing and facilities. The committee shall gather data and information on—
(1)the level of assistance provided under this chapter and any other programs related to impact assistance,
(2)the timeliness of assistance in meeting impacts caused by Federal decisions on energy policy as well as private sector decisions, and
(3)the obstacles to effective assistance contained in regulations of existing programs related to impact assistance.
(c)Within 1 year after the effective date of this chapter, the committee shall submit a detailed report on the results of such study to the Congress, together with any recommendations for additional legislation it may consider appropriate.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–620, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3289, known as the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 8301 of this title and Tables. The

Effective Date

of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), is the

Effective Date

of Pub. L. 95–620. See section 901 of Pub. L. 95–620, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8301 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (a) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 8456

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73