Extensions of Remarks

17206 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 1, 1977 or indirectly, from any person subject to nizational entities within the Department; of residents of the United States residing regulation by the Department." shall each be headed by an Administrator in- By Mr. MEEDS: appointed by the Secretary at an Executive "(A) areas outside standard metropolit an Strike subsection (a) through (c) of sec Schedule level or a General Schedule grade statistical areas; and tion 302, page 77, line 15 through page 79, .not less than the level or grade for the chief "(B) areas within such areas which are line 4 and insert in lieu thereof the executive officer of each such administration unincorporated or are specified by the Bu following: in effect on the effective date of this Act. reau of the Census, Department of Com SEc. 302. (a) There are hereby transferred The functions and authority hereby trans merce, as rural areas;" to and vested in the Secretary all functions ferred to the Secretary shall be exercised Page 65, after line 20, insert the following and authorities of the Secretary of the In by the Secretary, acting by and through such new paragraph: terior under section 5 of the Flood Control Administrators. Each such Administrator (3) in the conservation and development Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and all other shall maintain his principal office at a place of energy resources, the energy needs of both functions and authorities of the Secretary located in the region served by his respective rural and urban residents shall be given of the Interior, and officers and components Federal power marketing entity. full consideration; of the Department of the Interior, with re (c) There is hereby created a separaite and Page 65, line 21, strike out "(3)" and in sert in lieu thereof " ( 4) ", and on page 66, spect to-- distinct Administration within the Depart ( 1) the Southeastern Power Administra ment of Energy which shall be headed by line 1, strike out " ( 4) "· and insert in lieu thereof "(5) ". tion: an Administrator appointed by the Secretary (2) the Southwestern Power Administra who shall serve at an Executive Schedule By Mr. ROUSSELOT: tion; level not less than the level held by the Page 129, after line 6, insert the following (3) the Alaska Power Administration; Bonneville Power Administrator on the effec new section: (4) the Bonneville Power Administration tive date of this Act; the functions and SEC. 719. Effective 90 days after the effec including but not limited to the authority authority transferred in paragraph (a) (5) tive date of this Act, all authority with re contained in the Bonneville Project Act of or (a) ( 6) of this section shall be exercised spect to the allocation of petroleum, petro 1937 (50 Stat. 731), as amended, and the by the Secretary, acting. by and through such leum products, or natural gas under the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Administrator; and the Administrator shall Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, Act (88 Stat. 1376); establish and shall maintain such regional the Energy Supply and Environmental Coor ( 5) the power marketing functions of the offices as necessary to facilitate the perform dination Act of 1974, the Energy Polley and Bureau of Reclamation including the con ance of such functions. Neither the transfer Conservation Act, and the Natural Gas Act struction, operation, and maintenance of of functions and authority effected by sub which i;; transferred or delegated to, or vested transmtsfion lines and attendant facilities; section a ( 5) . of this section nor any changes in, the Secretary or the Federal Energy Regu and in cost allocation or project evaluation stand latory Commission shall terminate. The Sec (6) the transmission and disposition of ards shall be deemed to authorize the reallo retary shall, within 30 days after such ef the electric power and energy generated at cation of joint cos·ts of multipurpose faclli fective date, submit legislation to the Con Falcon D:i.m and Amistad Dam, international ties theretofore allocated unless and to the gress to conform such statutes to the pur storage reservoir projects on the Rio Grande, extent that such change is hereafter ap poses of the preceding sentence. pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1954, as proved by Congress. By Mr. UDALL: amended by the Act of December 23, 1963. By Mr.ROSE: Strike Section 302(d) (1) (C) and renum (b) The Southeastern Power Administra Page 114, strike out line 17 and insert in ber Section 302(d) (1) (D) and 302(d) (1) (E) tion, the Southwestern Power Administra lieu thereof the following: "life of the Na accordingly; and and the Alaska Power Administration shall tion, including a comprehensive summary of Strike Section 303 and renumber succeed be preserved as separate and distinct orga- data pertaining to all fuel and energy needs ing sections accordingly. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LEGIS gress." Hearings are now being held on barrel of domestic crude oil production. LATION SHOULD BE POSTPONED Mr. Carter's proposals and, hopefully, which means if our own arithmetic is cor additional hearings will soon be held on re:::t that you could decontrol au domestic crude 011 prices and still end up paying less recommendations presented by Members for oll than the federal energy bureaucracy HON. WILLIAM L. ARMSTRONG of Congress, including myself, and other costs. And one should keep in mind that the OF COLORADO interested persons. After we have evalu $10.6 billlon ls only the cost of the newly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ated the proposals and have made basic boring baby DOE. Think what it will cost energy policy decisions would be the when it grows up!" Wednesday, June 1, 1977 proper time to establish the agency But the truly ominous aspect of H.R. Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Speaker, to needed to administer that policy. 6804 is the extent to which it will con morrow the House will consider H.R. Moreover, it is likely this new agency solidate unprecedented power over en 6804, legislation to create a Department will impose great costs on the Nation's ergy producers and consumers in the of Energy. consumers and taxpayers. I personally hands of one person. In a Nation whose On the surface, it is tremendously doubt that more Government regulation very essence is freedom, Congress should appealing to vote for a plan that might of our economy is the answer to the Na go slow in giving any person the kind of bring order out of the chaos which is our tion's energy shortage. Indeed, the avail power granted to the new Secretary of Federal energy establishment. And, I able evidence seems to indicate such Energy under this legislation: would like to accommodate President regulations have heavily contributed t~ Oil pricing and allocation, conserva Carter and to cooperate with his efforts the existing crisis and have created tion, coal utilization. strategic petroleum to reorganize the executive branch. I many economic dislocations and injus reserve, energy information, resource de feel the President is entitled to consider tices. So I would personally favor loosen velopment; able latitude in managing the Govern- ing existing regulations rather than cre Natural gas regulation, interstate ment. / ating new ones. wholesale electric rate setting, and hy But H.R. 6804 goes too far. It is no But fo return to the Practical question droelectric licensing; mere reorganization measure. No, it of cost. Today's Wall Street Journal R. & n. in fossil, nuclear, fusion, solar, represents a drastic change in long summed up the issue succinctly: geothermal and conservation-energy standing policy, and House action on this A Chevron statistician has been sizing up efficiency-uranium enrichment and pro legislation should be deferred at least for the $10.6 b1llion budget of the proposed new duction military applications and safe the time being. I would like t.o explain Department of Energy. For example, it is guards, environment and health re why: about double the value of all the oil the search; We are getting the cart before the U.S. imported from Saudi Arabia last year. It Power marketing functions-the power horse. Obviously, this Nation urgently exceeds capital and exploration expenditures marketing functions of Bonneville, Alas needs a coherent and responsible energy by the petroleum industry to find and pro ka, Southwestern, Southeastern Power, duce oil, gas and gas liquids in the U.S. in policy. President Carter has submitted a 1975. It exceeds by $800 m1llion the 1974 and Defense Electric Power Administra series of energy proposals which he him rrofits of the seven largest international on tion; and the marketing power by the self has rightly termed "one of the most companies; Chevron can't resist adding that Bureau of Reclamation-coal mine pro complicated • • • legislative packages those profits were described by a U.S. Senator duction research fuel date, production that a President has ever sent to Con- as "obscene". It is equivalent to about $3 a goals; June 1, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17207 Naval Petroleum Reserves No. 1, 2, 3, powers requested by the President, would be and to all Amercans the following excel and Naval Oil Shale Reserves No. 1, 2, 3; a further major step toward converting our lent, well-timed, and perceptive message Pipeline valuation, pipeline rate set free-enterprise system into a corporate state. from which all of us can benefit: · ting; Mr. Speaker, let us reflect upon the [From the Chicago Tribune, May 28, 1977) Industrial energy conservation pro true implications of the Department of THE NEED FOR AN ELirE EDUCATIO::r gram; Energy legislation. (By Jchn R.

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