TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELECTRIC POWER AND SOLID FUELS

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• Publication Date: January 29, 1959
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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
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EMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
ELECTRIC POWER AND SOLID FUELS
Approved by the EIC, 29 January 1959
A. Mission of EIC Subcommittee on Electric Power and Solid Fuels
The mission of the EIC Subcommittee on Electric Power and
.Solid Fuels is to provide an organizational framework for carrying
out within its field the basic review and coordination responsi-
bilities of the EIC and for ensuring that, on intelligence matters
in its field affecting the national security, the intelligence
community is supported by the full economic knowledge and technical
talent available in or to the Government.
B. Membership and Organization
1. Membership of the Subcommittee on Electric Power and Solid
Fuels consists of representatives of the USIB agencies as designated
by these departments and agencies and approved by the EIC.
2. Representatives of other government departments and.agen-
cies may participate as Associate Members of the Subcommittee upon
approval of the EIC.
3. Active participation by agency representatives generally
is governed by (a) the extent to which each agency concerned has
responsibilities for the production of economic intelligence in the
fields of electric power and solid fuels, (b) the extent to which an
agency has an interest in.economic intelligence of broader scope
which involves reference matters within the scope of the Subcommittee,
and (c) the availability of qualified personnel.
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4. The Chairman of the Subcommittee is designated by the EIC,
and the Central Intelligence Agency provides the permanent Secre-
tariat. The Subcommittee may set up ad hoc working groups as neces-
sary to assist in carrying out any of its assigned functions. The
production of interdepartmental economic intelligence normally is
assigned to ad hoc working groups rather than to the Subcommittee
proper.
C. Functions
1. As the standing interagency economic intelligence group of
professional and technical personnel in the field of electric power
and solid fuels, the Subcommittee shall perform the following
minimum functions:
(a) With the guidance of current Priority National
Economic Intelligence Objectives, identify significant research and
collection-deficiencies in the fields of electric power and solid
fuels;
(b) Develop and report not less than annually to the EIC
ways in which these recognized research deficiencies could be, or
are being, corrected and ways in which improvements could be or are
being made in economic intelligence collection requirements and in
the distribution and processing of economic intelligence information;
(c) Facilitate review of proposals for external research
contracts in its field in accordance with the provisions of DCID 3/1
using the procedures adopted by the EIC;
(d) Produce, on its own initiative (with EIC approval),
or when directed by the EIC, interdepartmental economic intelligence
on subjects in the fields of electric power and solid fuels which
transcend the competence of a single department or agency;
(e) Arrange on its own initiative, or when directed by the
EIC, for the coordination of individual agency reports deemed of
sufficient national security importance to warrant the solicitation
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of concurrences from the representatives on the Subcommittee.
Arrange for coordination with other Subcommittees as appropriate;
(f) Mobilize, in support of the intelligence community,
the full economic knowledge and technical talent in its fields
available in or to the Government, Such support will normally take
the form of ad hoc responses to the requests of other USIB Commit-
tees.
2. In addition to the minimum functions outlined above, the
Subcommittee on Electric Power and Solid Fuels, when appropriate,
shall perform the following functions with respect to its assigned
fields:
(a) Assist or advise agencies in the programming of
economic intelligence research in order to minimize duplication and
assure as effective a distribution of research effort as is practical
in view of each agency's responsibilities;
(b) Provide an opportunity for the review and comparison
of methodologies utilized in research in the fields covered by the
Subcommittee;
(c) Provide an opportunity, where appropriate and practical,
of obtaining closer agreement on selected basic statistics within
the fields of competence of the Subcommittee;
(d) Bring to the attention of the EIC current problems and
requirements for coordinated research which are recognized by the
members of the Subcommittee.
B. O eratirng procedures
1. The Subcommittee shall meet periodically as requi.rcil. ;o
fulfill its mission, provided that it convene at least once each
fiscal year.
2. The Subcommittee shall prepare and approve an Annual Report
to the EIC which will be responsive to the request of the EIC Secre-
tariat and will cover the activities of the Subcommittee in fulfill-
ing its mission as outlined in C, above.
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3. The Subcommittee Secretariat shall provide appropriate
members of the EIC, the.Subcommittee, and the EIC Secretariat with
copies of the Agenda and Minutes of its meetings.
4. Reports and recommendations which have been approved by
the 9ubconimittee may be transmitted to the EIC without comment. In
case of dissent, the transmittal must be accompanied by an appro-
priate statement, prepared by the dissenter(s), advising the EIC of
the nature and substance of the dissent.
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