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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 4344. Duties and functions
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 4341 )1(! 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
subchapter I of this chapter, 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
subchapter I of this chapter 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.
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