Enclosed for your consideration is a compilation of the Energy Security Act and the 1980 amendments to the Defense Production Act of 1950, which deal with the subject of synthetic fuel policies and other matters. The compilation contains:

1. P. L. 96-294, the Energy Security Act.

2. Summary of the "Energy Security Act."

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4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of
Conference on S. 932.

Debate in the U. S. House of Representatives on the
Conference Report (96-1104), June 26, 1980.

Debate in the U. S. Senate on the Conference Report
(96-1104), June 19, 1980.

Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.

Debate in the U. S. House of Representatives on H.R. 3930,
June 26, 1979.

S. 932 (previously H.R. 3930) as passed by the U. S. House
of Representatives, June 26, 1979.

9.

Debate in the U. S. Senate on S. 932, November 5-8, 1979.

10.

S. 932 as passed by the U. S. Senate, November 8, 1979.

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Honorable Henry S. Reuss

11.

12.

13.

Report of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban
Affairs, U. S. House of Representatives, to accompany
H.R. 3930, May 15, 1979. (H. Rept. 96-165)

Report of the Committees on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and Energy and Natural Resources, U. S. Senate, to accompany S. 932, October 30, 1979. (S. Rept. 96-387)

Report of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, U. S. Senate, to accompany S. 932, May 15, 1979. (S. Rept. 96-166)

This collection is designed to meet the many requests which the Committee is receiving from Members, their staffs, and the public for information and the legislative history on the provisions contained in Public Law 96-294.

CONTENTS

(The same table of contents appears in parts 1, 2, and 3)

1. Public Law 96-294, the "Energy Security Act”.

2. Summary of the "Energy Security Act".

Page

1

171

3. Joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference on S. 932

4. Debate in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Conference Re-

port (96-1104) on S. 932, June 26, 1980____

175

317

5. Debate in the U.S. Senate on the conference report (96-1104) on S. 932,

June 19, 1980_

473

6. Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended__

557

7. Debate in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 3930 (subse-
quently S. 932), June 26, 1979..

613

8. S. 932 (previously H.R. 3930) as passed by the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives, June 26, 1979..

829

9. Debate in the U.S. Senate on S. 932:

November 8, 1979..

November 5, 1979.

November 7, 1979.

10. S. 932 as passed by the U.S. Senate, November 8, 1979.

11. Report of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, U.S.
House of Representatives, to accompany H.R. 3930, May 15, 1979.
(H. Rept. 96–165) _ .

12. Report of the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
and Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, to accompany
S. 932, October 30, 1979. (S. Rept. 96-387) .

1939

13. Report of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,
U.S. Senate, to accompany S. 932, May 15, 1979. (S. Rept. 96–166) - 2241

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1. PUBLIC LAW 96-294, THE "ENERGY SECURITY ACT"

PUBLIC LAW 96-294-JUNE 30, 1980

Public Law 96-294

94 STAT. 611

96th Congress

An Act

To extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

June 30, 1980

[S. 932]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Energy Security

cited as the "Energy Security Act".

Act.

TITLE I-SYNTHETIC FUEL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sec. 100. Findings and purpose.

Part A-Development of Synthetic Fuel Under the Defense Production Act of 1950

42 USC 8701

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