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EMD-82-27 1 (1981-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcqt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE j £ C WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS November 18, 1981 DIVISION B-205446 The Honorable Don Fuqua Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology 116916 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Status Report on Executive Branch Imple- mentation of the Natioral Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (EMD-82-27) As you know, {the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-479) requires, in part, that the Executive Branch submit reports and a program plan to the Congress on October 21, 1981. Since that date has now passed, we think it appropriate to provide you a status report on compliance with the act's reporting provisions19 F The administration has not yet met the October 21, 1981, reporting requirements of P.L. 96-479. The agencies that have specific reporting responsibilities under the act have now largely completed work on their requirements, but the release of the reports is being further delayed while the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and the Fnvironment reviews them and prepares the administration's mateLials policy program plan, also required by the act. An official of the White House's Office of Policy Development told us that ithe admnn- istration hopes to release the plan and the agency reports under one cover, but could not give us a precise date when this will occur. He indicated only that they should be com- pleted and released in 2 to 6 weeks. BACKGROUND P.L. 96-479 was enacted to provide a national policy for materials and to strengthen materials research and production capability. Section 5(a) of the act requires the Executive Office of the President to submit a program plan to the Congress by October 21, 1981. According to the act, this plan should in- clude budget proposals and organizational structures to provide materials policy analysis, interagency coordination, and recom- mendations for information collection and program legislation. (008456)

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