comprehensive plan and program

comprehensive plan and program Sec. 508. (a) The Administrator is authorized and directed to prepare a comprehensive program and plan for Federal energy education, extension, and information activities authorized by this title and any other law. In the preparation of the program and plan, the Administrator shall utilize and consult with the head of each agency referred to in this title and any other Federal agency with an energy education, extension, or information program. Preparation of such program and plan shall not delay in any way the procedures specified in sections 505 and 506 or the implementation otherwise of this title. Rather, the program and plan should reflect the activities mandated by this title and serve as a mechanism for Federal Government-wide coordination and management of those activities with the activities of other Federal agencies under other law. (b) The comprehensive program and plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: (1) specific delineation of responsibility of each participating Federal agency in the conduct of this title; (2) mechanisms established to coordinate the activities under this title, pursuant to section 507 (b), (c), and (d); (3) a detailed summary of all related Federal programs under other law, including program descriptions, types of delivery mechanisms, budget, and objectives; (4) procedures for defining and measuring the effectiveness, in terms of increased energy efficiency, fuel savings, adoption of new energy technologies, and other appropriate criteria, of the activities under this title and related activities under other law; (5) an assessment of other existing Federal assistance and incentives, other than public education, extension, and outreach programs, and their relation to such programs, in achieving the objectives of this title; (6) procedures pursuant to section 504(d) to minimize conflict with existing services in the private sector of the economy which are similar to those under this title and other law; and (7) a comprehensive and integrated plan for the resulting Federal program, taking into account paragraphs (1) through (6). . . (c) The Administrator shall transmit the comprehensive program and plan to the President and to each House of Congress within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Thereafter, the Administrator shall revise the program and plan on an annual basis and submit the revisions as part of the annual fiscal year budget submission and the report required by section 15 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy’ Research and Development Act of 1974.