Attachment 1

THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED*

     An Act to establish a national policy for the environment to
provide for the establishment of a Council on Environmental
Quality, and for other purposes.

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled.  That this
Act may be cited as the "National Environmental Policy Act of
1969."

PURPOSE

     SEC. 2.  The purpose of this Act are: To declare a national
policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony
between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will
prevent or eliminate damage to the environmental and biosphere
and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the
understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources
important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on
Environmental Quality.

TITLE 1

DECLARATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

     SEC. 101. (a) The Congress, recognizing the profound impact
of man's activity on the interrelations of all components of the
natural environment, particularly the profound influences of
population growth, high-density urbanization, industrial
expansion, resource exploitation, and new and expanding
technological advances and recognizing further the critical
importance of restoring and maintaining environmental quality to
the overall welfare and development of man, declares that it is
the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation
with State and local governments, and other concerned public nd
private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures,
including financial and technical assistance, in a manner
calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create
and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in
productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other
requirements of present and future generations of Americans.

     (b)  In order to carry out the policy set forth in this Act,
it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to
use all practicable means, consistent with other essential
considerations of national policy, to improve and coordinate
Federal plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that
the Nation may --

     (1)  fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as
trustee of the environment for succeeding generations;
     (2)  assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive,
and aesthetical and culturally pleasing surroundings;
     (3)  attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the
environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or
other undesirable and unintended consequences; 
     (4)  preserve important historic, cultural, and natural
aspects of our national heritage, and maintain, wherever
possible, an environment which supports diversity, and variety of
individual choice;  
     (5)  achieve a balance between population and resource use
which will permit high standards of living and a wide sharing of
life's amenities; and
     (6)  enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach
the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources

*    Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, January 1, 1970, as
amended by Pub. L. 94-52, July 3, 1975, and Pub. L. 94-83, August
9, 1975.

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     (c)  The Congress recognizes that each person should enjoy a
healthful environment and that each person has a responsibility
to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the
environment.

     SEC. 102. The Congress authorizes and directs that, to the
fullest extent possible: (1) the policies, regulations, and
public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and
administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this
Act, and (2) all agencies of the Federal Governmental shall --

     (A)  Utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which
will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences
and the environmental design arts in planning and in
decisionmaking which may have an impact on man's environment;

     (B)  Identify and develop methods and procedures, in
consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality
established by title II of this Act, which will insure that
presently unquantified environmental amenities and values may be
given appropriate consideration in decisionmaking along with
economic and technical considerations.

     (C)  Include in every recommendation or report on proposals
for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly
affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed
statement by the responsible official to--

     (i)       The environmental impact of the proposed action,
     (ii)      The adverse environmental effects which cannot be
avoided should the proposal be implemented,
     (iii)     Alternative to the proposed action,
     (iv)      The relationship between local short-term uses of
man's environment and maintenance and enhancement of long-term
productivity, and
     (v)       Any irreversible nd irretrievable commitments of
resources which would be involved in the proposed action should
it be implemented.

Prior to making any detailed statement, the responsible Federal
official shall consult with and obtain the comments of any
Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental impact involved.  Copies of
such statement and the comments and views of the appropriate
Federal, State, and local agencies, which are authorized to
develop and enforce environmental standards, shall be made
available to the President, the Council on Environmental Quality
and to he public as provided by section 552 of title 5, United
States Code, and shall accompany the proposal through the
existing agency review processes;

     (D)  Any detailed statement required under subparagraph (c)
after January 1, 1970, for any major Federal action funded under
a program of grants to States shall not be deemed to be legally
insufficient solely by reason of having been prepared by a State
agency or official, if:

     (i)       the State agency or official has statewide
jurisdiction and has the responsibility for such action,
     (ii)      the responsible Federal official furnishes
guidance and participates in such preparation,
     (iii)     the responsible Federal official independently
evaluates such statement prior to its approval and adoption, and
     (iv)      after January 1, 1976, the responsible Federal
official provides early notification to, and solicits the views
of, any other State or any Federal land management entity of any
action or any alternative thereto which may have significant
impacts upon such State or affected Federal land management
entity and, if there is any disagreement on such impacts,
prepares a written assessment of such impacts and views for
incorporation into such detailed statement.

The procedure sin this subparagraph shall not relieve the Federal
official of his responsibilities for the scope, objectivity, and
content of the entire statement or of any other responsibility
under this Act; and further, this subparagraph does not affect
the legal sufficiency of statements prepared by State agencies
with less than statewide jurisdiction

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     (E)  Study, develop, and describe appropriate alternative to
recommended courses of action in any proposal which involves
unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available
resources;

     (F)  Recognize the worldwide and long-range character of
environmental problems and, where consistent with the foreign
policy of the United States, lend appropriate support to
initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize
international cooperation in anticipating and preventing a
decline in the quality of mankind's world environment;

     (G)  Make available to States, counties, municipalities,
institutions, and individuals, advice and information useful in
restoring, maintaining, and enhancing the quality of the
environment;

     (H)  Initiate and utilize ecological information in the
planning and development of resource-oriented projects; and 

     (I)  Assist the Council on Environmental Quality established
by title II of this Act.

     SEC. 103.  All agencies of the Federal Government shall
review their present statutory authority, administrative
regulations, and current policies and procedures for the purpose
of determining whether there are any deficiencies or
inconsistencies therein which prohibit full compliance with the
purposes and provisions of this Act and shall propose to the
President no later than July 1, 1971, such measure as may be
necessary to bring their authority and policies into conformity
with the intent, purposes and procedures set forth in this Act.

     SEC. 104.  Nothing in section 102 or 103 shall in any way
effect the specific standards of environmental quality, (2) to
coordinate or consult with any other Federal or State agency, or
(3) to act, refrain from acting contingent upon the
recommendations or certification of any other Federal or State
agency.

     SEC. 105. The policies and goals set forth in this Act are
supplementary to those set forth in existing authorizations of
Federal Agencies.

TITLE II

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

     SEC. 201.  The President shall transmit to the Congress
annually beginning July 1, 1970, an Environment Quality Report
(hereinafter referred to as the "report") which shall set forth
(1) the status and condition of the major natural manmade, or
altered environmental classes of the Nation, including, but not
limited to, the air, the aquatic including marine, estuarine, and
fresh water, and the terrestrial environment, including, but not
limited to, the forest, dryland, wetland, range, urban, suburban,
and rural environment; (2) current and foreseeable trends in the
quality, management and utilization of such environments and the
effects of those trends on the social, economic, and other
requirements of the Nation; (3) the adequacy of available natural
resources for fulfilling human and economic requirements of the
Nation in the light of expected population pressures; (4) a
review of the programs and activities (including regulatory
activities) of the Federal Government, the State and local
government, and nongovernmental entities or individuals with
particular reference to the effect on the environment and on the
conservation, development and utilization of natural resources;
and (5) a program for remedying the deficiencies of existing
programs and activities, together with recommendations for
legislation.

     SEC. 202. There is created in the Executive Office of the
President a Council on Environmental Quality (hereinafter
referred to as the "Council").  The Council shall be composed of
three members who shall be appointed by the President to serve at
his pleasure, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
The President shall designate one of the members of the Council
to serve as Chairman.  Each members shall be a person who, as a
result of his training, experience, and attainments, is
exceptionally well qualified to analyze and interpret
environmental trends and information of all kinds; to appraise
programs and activities of the Federal Government in the light of
the policy set forth in title I of this Act; to be conscious of
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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 offices 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 he
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 therein;
     (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 of 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;
     (8)  to mandate 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, nd 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 representative 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 the Council's activities will not
unnecessarily overlap or conflict with similar activities
authorized by law and performed by established agencies.

     SEC. 206. Members of the council shall serve full time and
the Chairman of the Council shall be compensated at the rate
provided for Level II of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5.
U.S.C. 5313). The other members of the Council shall be
compensated at the rate provided for Level IV of the Executive
Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5315).

     SEC. 207. The Council may accept reimbursements from any
private nonprofit organization or from any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the Federal Government, any State, or local
government, for the reasonable travel expenses incurred by an
officer or employee of the Council in connection with his
attendance at any conference, seminar, or similar meeting
conducted for the benefit of the Council.

     SEC. 208. The Council may make expenditures in support of
its international activities, including expenditures for: (1)
international travel; (2) activities in implementation of
international agreements; and (3) the sup-

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port of international exchange programs in the United States and
in foreign countries.

     SEC. 209.  There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out the provisions of this chapter not to exceed $300,000 for
fiscal year 1970, $700,000 for fiscal year 1971, and $1,000,000
for each fiscal year thereafter.

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