9629

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9629
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Selected NEPA Documents.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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activities of the Federal Government in the light of the policy set forth in title I of this Act; to
be conscious of and responsive to the scientific, economic, social, aesthetic, and cultural
needs and interests of the Nation; and to formulate and recommend national policies to
promote the improvement of the quality of the environment.
Sec. 203. The Council may employ such officers and employees as may be necessary to
carry out its functions under this Act. In addition, the Council may employ and fix the
compensation of such experts and consultants as may be necessary for the carrying out of its
functions under this Act, in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code (but
without regard to the last sentence thereof).
Sec. 204. It shall be the duty and function of the Council-
(1) to assist and advise the President in the preparation of the Environmental Quality
Report required by section 201 of this title;
(2) to gather timely and authoritative information concerning the conditions and trends in
the quality of the environment both current and prospective, to analyze and interpret such
information for the purpose of determining whether such conditions and trends are
interfering, or are likely to interfere, with the achievement of the policy set forth in title I of
this Act, and to compile and submit to the President studies relating to such conditions and
trends;
(3) to review and appraise the various programs and activities of the Federal Government
in the light of the policy set forth in title I of this Act for the purpose of determining the
extent to which such programs and activities are contributing to the achievement of such
policy, and to make recommendations to the President with respect thereto;
(4) to develop and recommend to the President national policies to foster and promote the
improvement of environmental quality to meet the conservation, social, economic, health,
and other requirements and goals of the Nation;
(5) to conduct investigations, studies, surveys, research, and analyses relating to
ecological systems and environmental quality;
(6) to document and define changes in the natural environment, including the plant and
animal systems, and to accumulate necessary data and other information for a continuing
analysis of these changes or trends and an interpretation of their underlying causes;
(7) to report at least once each year to the President on the state and condition of the
.environment; and
(8) to make and furnish such studies, reports thereon, and recommendations with respect
to matters of policy and legislation as the President may request.
Sec. 205. In exercising its powers, functions, and duties under this Act, the Council shall-
(1) Consult with the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality established
by Executive Order No. 11472, dated May 29, 1969, and with such representatives of
science, industry, agriculture, labor, conservation organizations, State and local governments
and other groups, as it deems advisable; and
(2) Utilize, to the fullest extent possible, the services, facilities and information
(including statistical information) of public and private agencies and organizations, and
individuals, in order that duplication of effort and expense may be avoided, thus assuring that