An act to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend certain authorities relating to the international energy program, and for other purposes.
PL 96-133 (S.1871), enacted 11/30/1979

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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
EXTENSION 
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". 
Nov. 30,1979 
[S. 1871] 
Energy Policy 
and 
Conservation 
Act, 
amendments. 
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 
of State, the Attorney General, and the Chairman of the Federal 
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 volun-
tary 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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note. 
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to reconcile such reporting with similar reporting that is con-
ducted by the Department of Energy; 
(6) the actions taken, or planned, to improve the reporting 
42 use 6272. 
required by section 252(i); and 
(7) other actions under such section. 
Due date. 
The Secretary of Energy shall transmit such report to such commit-
tees within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall make such report available to the public. 
Approved November 30, 1979. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-510 accompanying H.R. 4445 (Ctomm. on Interstate and 
Foreign Commerce) and No. 96-669 (Comm. of Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): 
Oct. 17, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 22, H.R. 4445 considered and pfissed House; passage vacated, and S. 1871, 
amended, passed in lieu. 
Oct. 30, Senate concurred in House amendment with an amendment. 
Nov. 16, Senate receded from its amendment and concurred in House amend-
ment with an amendment. 
Nov. 28, Senate sigreed to conference report. 
Nov. 29, House agreed to conference report.