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(D) economic growth; 
(E) environmental protection; 
(F) nuclear nonproliferation; 
(G) special regional needs; and 
(H) the efficient use of public and private 
resources; 
(2) identify the strategies that should be fol-
lowed and the resources that should be committed to 
achieve those objectives, including— 
(A) forecasting the level of production and 
investment necessary in each of the significant 
energy supply sectors and the level of conserva-
tion and investment necessary in each con-
suming sector; and 
(B) outlining the appropriate policies and 
actions of the Federal Government that will 
maximize the private production and investment 
necessary in each of the significant energy sup-
ply sectors consistent with applicable Federal, 
State, and local environmental laws, standards, 
and requirements; and 
(3) contain recommendations for legislative and 
administrative actions necessary to achieve the ob-
jectives of the proposed Plan, including legislative 
recommendations with respect to taxes or tax incen-
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tives, Federal funding, regulatory actions, antitrust 
policy, foreign policy, and international trade. 
(c) CONTENTS
OF REPORT.—The President shall 
submit to Congress with the proposed Plan a report that 
shall include— 
(1) any data and analysis necessary to support 
the objectives, resource needs, and policy rec-
ommendations contained in the proposed Plan; 
(2) an estimate of the domestic and foreign en-
ergy supplies on which the United States will be ex-
pected to rely to meet projected energy needs in an 
economic manner consistent with the need to protect 
the environment, conserve natural resources, and im-
plement foreign policy objectives; 
(3) an evaluation of current and foreseeable 
trends in the price, quality, management, and use of 
energy resources and the effects of those trends on 
the social, environmental, economic, and other re-
quirements of the United States; 
(4) a summary of research and development ef-
forts funded by the Federal Government— 
(A) to forestall energy shortages; 
(B) to reduce waste; 
(C) to foster recycling; 
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(D) to encourage conservation practices; 
and 
(E) to otherwise protect environmental 
quality, including recommendations for devel-
oping technologies to accomplish the purposes 
listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D); and 
(5) a review and appraisal of the adequacy and 
appropriateness of technologies, procedures, and 
practices (including competitive and regulatory prac-
tices) employed by Federal, State, and local govern-
ments and nongovernmental entities to achieve the 
purposes of the proposed Plan. 
(d) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The President shall 
ensure that consumers, small businesses, and a wide range 
of other interests, including those of individual citizens 
who have no financial interest in the energy industry, are 
consulted in the development of the proposed Plan. 
SEC. 802. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each proposed Plan shall be re-
ferred to the appropriate committees of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives. 
(b) COMMITTEE ACTION.—Each committee to which 
a proposed Plan is referred shall— 
(1) review the proposed Plan; and 
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(2) if considered appropriate by the committee, 
report to the Senate or the House of Representatives 
legislation regarding the proposed Plan, which may 
contain such alternatives to, modifications of, or ad-
ditions to the proposed Plan submitted by the Presi-
dent as the committee considers appropriate. 
TITLE IX—EFFECTIVE DATE AND 
INTERIM APPOINTMENTS 
SEC. 901. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), this Act shall take effect on the earlier of— 
(1) 120 days after the Secretary first takes of-
fice; or 
(2) such date as the President may prescribe 
and publish in the Federal Register. 
(b) APPOINTMENTS
AND REGULATIONS.—At any 
time after the date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) any of the officers provided for in titles II 
and IV may be nominated and appointed, as pro-
vided in those titles; and 
(2) the Secretary and the Commission may pro-
mulgate regulations pursuant to section 705. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds available to any depart-
ment or agency (or any official or component of a depart-
ment or agency) functions of which are transferred to the 
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Secretary or the Commission by this Act, may with the 
approval of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, be used to pay the compensation and expenses 
of any officer appointed pursuant to subsection (b) until 
such time as funds for that purpose are otherwise avail-
able. 
SEC. 902. INTERIM APPOINTMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If one or more officers required 
by this Act to be appointed by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate shall not have entered upon office 
on the effective date of this Act, the President may des-
ignate any officer, whose appointment was required to be 
made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
and who was such an officer immediately prior to the ef-
fective date of the Act, to act in the office until the office 
is filled as provided in this Act. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—Any person acting in an office 
in accordance with subsection (a) shall receive compensa-
tion at the rates provided by this Act for the respective 
office in which the person acts. 
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