fer of the positions. Such appointments shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
governing appointments in the competitive service. 
Such positions shall be paid in accordance with the 
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of such title relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates. 
(d) WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the Adminis-
trator all existing written and electronic materials under 
the control of the Department pertaining to mineral com-
modities and mineral resources, including mineral com-
modity time series data, library materials, maps, unpub-
lished data files, and existing mineral commodity reports 
prepared or held by the United States Geological Survey 
and its predecessor agency, the Bureau of Mines. 
SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
(a) MINERAL COMMODITY DATA AND INFORMATION 
PROGRAM.—The Administrator carrying out a central, 
comprehensive, and unified mineral commodity data and 
information program to collect, evaluate, assemble, ana-
lyze, and disseminate data and information regarding min-
eral resources and reserves, mineral commodity produc-
tion, consumption, and technology, and related economic 
and statistical information, that is relevant to the ade-
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quacy of mineral resources to meet demands in the near 
term and longer term future for the Nation’s economic 
and social needs. 
(b) MINERAL COMMODITY DATA TIME SERIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall con-
tinue to maintain all existing mineral commodity 
data time series maintained by the Department of 
the Interior immediately before the enactment of 
this Act, and shall develop such new mineral com-
modity data time series as the Administrator finds 
useful and proper after consulting with other Fed-
eral and State agencies and the public. 
(2) PUBLIC
COMMENT.—The Administrator 
shall— 
(A) provide for public review and comment 
regarding all mineral commodity data time se-
ries maintained by the Department of the Inte-
rior immediately before the enactment of this 
Act, by not later than 15 years after such date 
of enactment; and 
(B) seek public comments on a continuing 
basis on the adequacy and accuracy of any time 
series added after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, not later than 5 years after the incep-
tion of such new series. 
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(c) PROJECTIONS OF USAGE PATTERNS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
(A) not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, prepare and make 
available to the public an analysis of projected 
mineral commodity usage patterns by the 
United States at 10, 25, and 50 year intervals 
following such date of enactment; and 
(B) update such analysis and make it pub-
licly available every 5 years thereafter. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing such anal-
yses, the Administrator shall take into consider-
ation— 
(A) market trends; 
(B) geopolitical considerations; and 
(C) the reasonably foreseeable advances in 
basic industries, high technology, material 
sciences, and energy usage. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall an-
nually publish and submit to the Congress a report on the 
state of the domestic mining, minerals, and mineral rec-
lamation industries, including a statement of the trend in 
utilization and depletion of the domestic supplies of min-
eral commodities. 
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(e) MINERAL COMMODITY REPORTS.—The Adminis-
trator— 
(1) shall continue to prepare and distribute all 
series of mineral commodity reports prepared and 
published by the Bureau of Mines and the United 
States Geological Survey as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, including— 
(A) all volumes of the Minerals Yearbook; 
(B) Mineral Commodity Summaries; 
(C) Mineral Industry Surveys; 
(D) Metal Industry Indicators; 
(E) Nonmetallic Mineral Product Industry 
Indexes; 
(F) material flow studies and recycling re-
ports; and 
(G) Historical Statistics for Mineral and 
Material Commodities; 
(2) may develop, prepare, and publish addi-
tional reports related to mineral commodities as the 
Administrator considers appropriate. 
(f) ANALYSIS WITH RESPECT SUSTAINING ENERGY 
USAGE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Mineral Commodity Information Administration 
shall, in 2007 and each year thereafter, following the 
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