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agency for the purposes of carrying out any adminis-
trative or programmatic project or activity to further 
the purposes of this section, including support for 
the Interagency Working Group, the Interagency Co-
ordinating Program Office, a common infrastruc-
ture, and integration to expand or otherwise enhance 
the System. 
(2) JOINT CENTERS AND AGREEMENTS.—Mem-
ber Departments and agencies of the Council shall 
have the authority to create, support, and maintain 
joint centers, and to enter into and perform such 
contracts, leases, grants, and cooperative agreements 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this section and fulfillment of the System Plan. 
(g) APPLICATION WITH OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 
this section supersedes or limits the authority of any agen-
cy to carry out its responsibilities and missions under 
other laws. 
(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two years 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator through the Council shall submit to Con-
gress a report that describes the status of the Sys-
tem and progress made to achieve the purposes of 
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this section and the goals identified under the Sys-
tem Plan. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include dis-
cussion of the following: 
(A) Identification of Federal and non-Fed-
eral assets as determined by the Council that 
have been integrated into the System, including 
assets essential to the gathering of required ob-
servation data variables necessary to meet the 
respective missions of Council agencies. 
(B) A review of procurements, planned or 
initiated, by each Council agency to enhance, 
expand, or modernize the observation capabili-
ties and data products provided by the System, 
including data management and communication 
subsystems. 
(C) An assessment regarding activities to 
integrate Federal and non-Federal assets, na-
tionally and on the regional level, and discus-
sion of the performance and effectiveness of Re-
gional Information Coordination Entities to co-
ordinate regional observation operations. 
(D) An evaluation of progress made by the 
Council to achieve the purposes of this section 
and the goals identified under the System Plan. 
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‘‘(v) technologies for the capture and 
sequestration of carbon dioxide emitted 
from combusting fossil fuels in order to 
produce electricity. 
‘‘(E) Public education campaigns to pro-
mote energy efficiency. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
PRIVATE
ACTIVITY 
BONDS.—For purposes of this section, in the case of 
any private activity bond, the term ‘qualified con-
servation purposes’ shall not include any expenditure 
which is not a capital expenditure. 
‘‘(f) POPULATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The population of any 
State or local government shall be determined for 
purposes of this section as provided in section 146(j) 
for the calendar year which includes the date of the 
enactment of this section. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR COUNTIES.—In deter-
mining the population of any county for purposes of 
this section, any population of such county which is 
taken into account in determining the population of 
any municipality which is a large local government 
shall not be taken into account in determining the 
population of such county. 
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