5 SEC. 107. The following described tasks shall be per6 formed by the Director within the time periods and in the 7 order or approximate order of priority listed: 8 (a) As promptly as possible, and during the first year 9 after the effective date of this Act, the Director shall 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (1) Employ or by other means authorized by this Act acquire the services of the expert administrative, technical, professional, and clerical personnel requisite to the carrying out of the functions of the Bureau. (2) Acquire by purchase, lease, contract with other bureaus or agencies of the Department of Commerce or other departments or agencies of the Federal Government, or by such other methods lawfully available to him and most efficient, the office space, electronic equip19 ment, microform equipment, conventional and other library facilities, communications facilities, and all other things requisite to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the System established by title II of this 20 21 222 22 23 24 Act. (3) Promulgate and print forms for the making of the reports required under this Act. 1 12 (4) Assemble lists of major natural resource com 2 panies and substantial natural resource companies and 3 other companies, agencies, institutions, and associations 4 required to report under this Act and mail to them the 10 5 6 7 8 9 forms mentioned in paragraph (3). (5) Initiate the consultation and liaison arrange ments listed in subsection (b) and begin the studies described in subsection (c). (b) The Director shall promptly establish consultation, 10 liaison, and exchange agreements with 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (1) all departments and agencies of the Federal Government, (2) selected departments and agencies of the government of the several States and their respective subdivisions, (3) selected universities and foundations, and (4) selected corporations and business associations 18 that are in any significant way engaged in the maintenance 19 of libraries of natural resource information. 20 (c) It shall be the duty of the Director to conduct 21 studies which will identify and describe the types, levels of 22 detail, and levels of accuracy of the statistical information to 23 be included in each of the components of the System de24 scribed in section 202 in order to provide a description 25 adequate for the purposes of public policy of the systems, 13 1 companies, and other institutions or groups involved in the 2 production, distribution, and consumption of raw materials. 3 The studies shall consider but not be limited to 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (1) the institutional structure of the energy supply system, including patterns of ownership and control of the production, movement, and marketing of natural resources; (2) the consumption of natural resources, by such classes, sectors, and regions as the Director shall provide; (3) the sensitivity of production and consumption to unit costs, environmental constraints, technological improvements, and substitution for alternate natural re sources; (4) the capital requirements of the public and private institutions and establishments responsible for the production and distribution of raw materials; (5) the methods of comparing and reconciling sta tistics that are collected by different sources, systems, 21 (d) It shall be the duty of the Director from time to 14 1 priate for study and investigation by the Bureau in pursuit 2 of the purposes of this Act. 3 (e) It shall also be the duty of the Director to make 4 periodic reports to the Congress and the public, including 5 but not limited to (1) a monthly report showing production, movement, prices, and consumption of raw materials, organized and cross-referenced by sources of the raw materials; by regions, States, and other geographical areas and by significant consuming sectors; and by such other organizational arrangements as may be determined by the Director; (2) a quarterly report indicating trends in the production, distribution, and consumption of natural resources organized in a manner consistent with subsec tion (e) (1); and (3) an annual report which includes, but is not limited to, a description of the activities of the Bureau and the System during the preceding year, a summary of all special reports published and the statistical information collected during the year, putting such information into the context of historical and projected production and consumption of natural resources, and recommendations to Congress of such additional authority as the Bureau 15 1 2 considers necessary to assist in carrying out the purposes of this Act. 3 TITLE II-NATIONAL RESOURCE INFORMATION 4 5 6 SYSTEM ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM SEC. 201. There is established a National Resource In 7 formation System, which shall be operated and maintained 8 by the Bureau. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ང་ COMPONENTS OF SYSTEM SEC. 202. The components of the System shall be- (2) a confidential library of natural resource information for restricted governmental use (hereinafter referred to as the "confidential library”) ; and (3) a secret library of natural resource information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics (hereinafter referred to as the "secret library"). CHARACTERISTICS OF SYSTEM SEC. 203. To the utmost extent practicable, the System 22 shall 23 24 (1) Contain a complete and thorough guide and index to other existing libraries of natural resource infor |