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EMD-81-124 1 (1981-07-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcgt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ENERGY I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 AND MINERALS DIVISION July 27, 1981 B-204155 The Honorable Don Fuqua Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives 116053 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Interim Status Report on Executive Branch Implementation of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (EMD-81-124) As you requested in your April 7, 1981, letter, the General Accounting Office has been monitoring implementation of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-479). We have briefed your staff on several occasions regarding actions taken by the Executive Branch to implement the Act. We would like, at this time, to provide you a brief summary of the most salient developments to date affecting provisions of the Act to assist in the hearings to be held on July 28. In considering this sammary you should be aware that Executive Branch implementation is evolving fairly rapidly and is, therefore, subject to change with respect to both substantive responses being developed and processes being followed. The Executive Office of the President is developing responses required by the Act primarily through the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and the Environment. The Secre- tary of the Interior is Chairman pro tem of the Council. Its other members are the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Energy. The Cabinet Council has created a Strategic Minerals Working Group. Membership in this Working Group includes representatives from the Departments of Energy, Transporta- tion, Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, Treasury, Defense, and State as well as individuals from the Office of Manage- ment and Budget, the National Security Council, the Council (008445) ...... / 6 / 4 c / - '-,3) 1

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