The Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 (DOE) is act of Congress that created the U.S. Department of Energy as a part of the executive branch of the United States government.[1] The was accomplished by means of the other organizations in the Federal Government with energy functions directing these functions to the DOE. The transfer of functions was from those that had been vested in the Federal Energy Administration as well as those with the Energy Research and Development Administration.[2]
Section 203. (a) states there shall be eight Assistant Secretaries, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The duties the Secretary of the DOE shall assign include, but are not limited, to the following:
Energy resource applications
Energy research and development functions
Environmental responsibilities and functions
International programs and international policy functions
Intergovernmental policies and relations
Energy industry competition and consumer affairs
Nuclear waste management responsibilities
Energy conservation functions.
Power marketing functions, including responsibility for marketing and transmission of Federal power.
^S.826 - 95th Congress (1977-1978): An Act to establish a Department of Energy in the executive branch by the reorganization of energy functions within the Federal Government in order to secure effective management to assure a coordinated national energy policy, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
