interim coordination

interim coordination Sec. 108. (a) There is established in the Executive Office of the President an Energy Resources Council. The Council shall be composed of the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Secretary of State, the Director, Office of Management and Budget, and such other officials of the Federal Government as the President may designate. The President shall designate one of the members of the Council to serve as Chairman. 88 Stat. 1242 (b) It shall be the duty and function of the Council to— (1) insure communication and coordination among the agencies of the Federal Government which have responsibilities for the development and implementation of energy policy or for the management of energy resources; (2) make recommendations to the President and to the Congress for measures to improve the implementation of Federal energy policies or the management of energy resources with particular emphasis upon policies and activities involving two or more Departments or independent agencies; and (3) advise the President in the preparation of the reorganization recommendations required by section 110 of this Act. (c) The Chairman of the Council may not refuse to testify before the Congress or any duly authorized committee thereof regarding the duties of the Council or other matters concerning interagency coordination of energy policy and activities. (d) This section shall be effective no later than sixty days after the enactment of this Act or such earlier date as the President shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, and shall terminate upon enactment of a permanent department responsible for energy and natural resources or two years after such effective date, whichever shall occur first.