15 USC 2932 - Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences

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§ 2932.

Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences

(a)

Establishment

(b)

Membership

The Committee shall consist of at least one representative from—

(1)

the National Science Foundation;

(2)

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;

(3)

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce;

(4)

the Environmental Protection Agency;

(5)

the Department of Energy;

(6)

the Department of State;

(7)

the Department of Defense;

(8)

the Department of the Interior;

(9)

the Department of Agriculture;

(10)

the Department of Transportation;

(11)

the Office of Management and Budget;

(12)

the Office of Science and Technology Policy;

(13)

the Council on Environmental Quality;

(14)

the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health; and

(15)

such other agencies and departments of the United States as the President or the Chairman of the Council considers appropriate.

Such representatives shall be high ranking officials of their agency or department, wherever possible the head of the portion of that agency or department that is most revelant 1

 So in original. Probably should be “relevant”.

to the purpose of the subchapter described in section 2931(b) of this title.

(c)

Chairperson

(d)

Support personnel

(e)

Functions relative to global change

The Council, through the Committee, shall be responsible for planning and coordinating the Program. In carrying out this responsibility, the Committee shall—

(1)

serve as the forum for developing the Plan and for overseeing its implementation;

(2)

improve cooperation among Federal agencies and departments with respect to global change research activities;

(3)

provide budgetary advice as specified in section 2935 of this title;

(4)

work with academic, State, industry, and other groups conducting global change research, to provide for periodic public and peer review of the Program;

(5)

cooperate with the Secretary of State in—

(A)

providing representation at international meetings and conferences on global change research in which the United States participates; and

(B)

coordinating the Federal activities of the United States with programs of other nations and with international global change research activities such as the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program;

(6)

consult with actual and potential users of the results of the Program to ensure that such results are useful in developing national and international policy responses to global change; and

(7)

report at least annually to the President and the Congress, through the Chairman of the Council, on Federal global change research priorities, policies, and programs.

(Pub. L. 101–606, title I, § 102, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3097.)

cite as: 15 USC 2932