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 PUBLIC LAW 96-133—NOV. 30, 1979

93 STAT. 1053

Public Law 96-133 96th Congress An Act To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend certain authorities relating to the international energy program, and for other purposes.

Nov. 30, 1979 [S. 1871]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Energy Policy United States of America in Congress assembled, and Conservation EXTENSION Act, amendments. SECTION 1. Subsection (j) of section 252 of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(j)) is amended by striking out "November 30, 1979" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 15, 1981". TRANSCRIPTS

SEC. 2. Subsection (c)(4) of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(4)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Such access to any transcript that is required to be kept for any meeting shall be provided as soon as practicable (but not later than 14 days) after that meeting.". REPORT

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary 42 USC 6272 of State, the Attorney General, and the Chairman of the Federal note. Trade Commission, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, a report concerning the actions taken by them to carry out the provisions of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Such report shall examine and discuss— (1) the extent to which all, or part, of any meeting held in accordance with section 252(c) of such Act to carry out a voluntary agreement or to develop or carry out a plan of action should be open to interested persons in furtherance of the provisions of section 252(c)(1)(A) of such Act; (2) the policies and procedures followed by the appropriate Federal agencies in reviewing and making public or withholding from the public all, or part, of any transcript of any meeting held to develop or carry out a voluntary agreement or plan of action under section 252 and in permitting persons, other than citizens of the United States, to review such transcripts prior to any public disclosure thereof; (3) the extent to which the classification of all, or part, of such transcripts should be carried out by one agency; (4) the adequacy of actions by the responsible Federal agencies in insuring that the standards and procedures required by section 252 are fully implemented and enforced, including the monitoring of the program concerning any anticompetitive effects, and the number of personnel, and the amount of funds, assigned by each such agency to carry out such standards and procedures; (5) the actions taken, or to be taken, to improve the reporting of energy supply data under the international energy program and

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