§ 2932. — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2932]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 56A--GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER I--UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM
Sec. 2932. Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
(a) Establishment
The President, through the Council, shall establish a Committee on
Earth and Environmental Sciences. The Committee shall carry out Council
functions under section 6651 of title 42 relating to global change
research, for the purpose of increasing the overall effectiveness and
productivity of Federal global change research efforts.
(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\ to the purpose of the subchapter
described in section 2931(b) of this title.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``relevant''.
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(c) Chairperson
The Chairman of the Council, in consultation with the Committee,
biennially shall select one of the Committee members to serve as
Chairperson. The Chairperson shall be knowledgeable and experienced with
regard to the administration of scientific research programs, and shall
be a representative of an agency that contributes substantially, in
terms of scientific research capability and budget, to the Program.
(d) Support personnel
An Executive Secretary shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the
Committee, with the approval of the Committee. The Executive Secretary
shall be a permanent employee of one of the agencies or departments
represented on the Committee, and shall remain in the employ of such
agency or department. The Chairman of the Council shall have the
authority to make personnel decisions regarding any employees detailed
to the Council for purposes of working on business of the Committee
pursuant to section 6651 of title 42.
(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, Sec. 102, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3097.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2921 of this title.
