15 U.S.C. § 782 — Petrochemical report to Congress

(a) Within 90 days after taking office as Administrator or being designated by the President to act as Administrator, the Administrator, with help from the Department of Commerce, the Cost of Living Council, and the United States International Trade Commission, must give Congress a written report about: (1) how current petrochemical prices affect current exports and expected 1975 exports; (2) how current and expected 1975 export levels affect the domestic raw materials and products available to petrochemical producers, converters, and fabricators, both currently and in 1975; (3) how much current petrochemical imports add to domestic supplies and how much they are expected to add in 1975; (4) the expected economic effects of current and expected 1975 domestic petrochemical supplies on domestic producers, converters, and fabricators of petrochemical raw materials and products; and (5) the exact nature, extent, and sources of Federal Government data and other information about items (1) through (4), including the exact nature, extent, and sources of the data and information used for this report. (b) “Petrochemical” defined. In this section, “petrochemical” includes organic chemicals, cyclic intermediates, plastics and resins, synthetic fibers, elastomers, organic dyes, organic pigments, detergents, surface-active agents, carbon black, and ammonia.