Pub. L. 95-28, tit. I, sec. 110

Sec. 110. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to study public works investment in the United States and the implications for the future of recent trends in such investment. (b) The study authorized by this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 91 STAT. 120 (1) The historical scope and nature of public works investment, including— (A) shifts in the types of public facilities constructed over the last thirty years and the implications of such shifts; (B) the patterns of regional distribution of investment; (C) the role of the Federal Government, States, and local communities in funding public facilities; (D) the impact upon unemployment in minority groups. (2) The proportion of the gross national product devoted to public works investment over the last thirty years. (3) Methods by which the aggregate need for public works can be determined. (4) How public works are financed and how financing arrangements affect the pattern and type of investment. (5) The level of maintenance or renovation of existing public facilities needed, compared to that provided. (c) The Secretary of Commence shall submit to Congress a report with respect to its findings and recommendations no later than eighteen months after the date of enactment of this section. A preliminary report putting forth the study design shall be submitted to Congress within four months after the date of enactment of this section.