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 90 STAT. 1138 Cooperation.

Penalty,

PUBLIC LAW 94-385—AUG. 14, 1976 Review Team, shall be designated by the Comptroller General. "(c) The Director and the Administrator shall cooperate fully with the Professional Audit Review Team and notwithstanding any other provisions of law shall make available to the Team such data, information, documents, and services as the Team determines are necessary for successful completion of its performance audit review. " (d) Except as authorized by law, any person who— "(1) obtains, in the course of exercising the functions of the Professional Audit Review Team, information which constitutes a trade secret or confidential commercial information, the disclosure of which could result in significant competitive injury to the person to which such information relates; and " (2) willfully discloses such information; shall be fined not more than $40,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. "COORDINATION OF ENERGY INFORMATION ACTIVITIES

15 USC 790e.

Report to Congress, transmittal to President.

42 USC 5818.

"SEC. 56. (a) In carrying out the purposes of this Act the Director shall, as he deems appropriate, review the energy information gathering activities of Federal agencies with a view toward avoiding duplication of effort and minimizing the compliance burden on business enterprises and other persons. "(b) In exercising his responsibilities under subsection (a) of this section, the Director shall recommend policies which, to the greatest extent practicable— (1) provide adequately for the energy information needs of the various departments and agencies of the Federal Government, the Congress, and the public; "(2) minimize the burden of reporting energy information on businesses, other persons, and especially small businesses; "(3) reduce the cost to Government of obtaining information; and "(4) utilize files of information and existing facilities of established Federal agencies. "(c)(1) At the earliest practicable date after the date of enactment of this section, each Federal agency which is engaged in the gathering of energy information as a part of an established program, function, or other activity shall promptly provide the Administrator with a I'eport on energy information which— "(A) identifies the statutory authority upon which the energy information collection activities of such agency is based; "(B) lists and describes the energy information needs and requirements of such agency; and "(C) lists and describes the categories, definitions, levels of detail, and frequency of collection of the energy information collected by such agency. Such agencies shall cooperate with the Administrator and provide such other descriptive information with respect to energy information activities as the Administrator may rex|uest. The Administrator shall prepare a report on his activities under this subsection, which report shall include recommendations with respect to the coordination of energy information activities of the Federal Government. Such report shall be available to the Congress and shall be transmitted to the President and to the Energy Resources Council for use in preparation of the plan required under subsection (c) of section 108 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974.

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