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PUBLIC LAW 94-385—AUG. 14, 1976 consumption within and affecting the United States on the basis of such geographic areas and economic sectors as may be appropriate to meet adequately the needs of— "(1) the Federal Energy Administration in carrying out its lawful functions; "(2) the Congress; and " (3) other officers and employees of the United States in whom have been vested, or to whom have been delegated, energy-related policy decisionmaking responsibilities. "(b) At a minimum, the System shall contain such energy information as is necessary to carry out the Administration's statistical and forecasting activities, and shall include, at the earliest date and to the maximum extent practical subject to the resources available and the Director's ordering of those resources to meet the responsibilities of his Office, such energy information as is required to.define and permit analysis of— "(1) the institutional structure of the energy supply system including patterns of ownership and control of mineral fuel and nonmineral energy resources and the production, distribution, and marketing of mineral fuels and electricity; "(2) the consumption of mineral fuels, nonmineral energy resources, and electricity by such classes, sectors, and regions as may be appropriate for the purposes of this Act; "(3) the sensitivity of energy resource reserves, exploration, development, production, transportation, and consumption to economic factors, environmental constraints, technological improvements, and substitutability of alternate energy sources; "(4) the comparability of energy information and statistics that are supplied by different sources; "(5) industrial, labor, and regional impacts of changes in patterns of energy supply and consumption; "(6) international aspects, economic and otherwise, of the evolving energy situation; and "(7) long-term relationships between energy supply and consumption in the United States and world communities. "ADMINI8TRATI\rE PROVISIONS

Compensation. 15 USC 790b.

"SEC. 53. (a) The Director of the Office shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed for offices and positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule as specified in section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. "(b) To carry out the functions of the Office, the Director, on behalf of the Administrator, is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such professionally qualified employees as he deems necessary, including up to ten of the employees in grade GS-16, GS-17, or 5 USC 5332 note. GS-18 authorized by section 7 of this Act. 15 USC 766. «(c) The functions and powers of the Office shall be vested in or delegated to the Director, who may from time to time, and to the extent permitted by law, consistent with the purposes of this Act, delegate such of his functions as he deems appropriate. Such delegation may be made, upon request, to any officer or agency of the Federal Government. "(d)(1) The Director shall be available to the Congress to provide testimony on such subjects under his authority and responsibility as the Congress may request, including but not limited to energy information and analyses thereof.

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