§ 2805. — Coordination of national activities regarding aquaculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC2805]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 48--NATIONAL AQUACULTURE POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 2805. Coordination of national activities regarding
aquaculture
(a) Establishment
There is established within the Office of Science and Technology
Policy an interagency aquaculture coordinating group that shall, subject
to subsection (f) of this section, operate as a Joint Subcommittee on
Aquaculture of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering,
and Technology (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Federal
Council'') established by Executive Order 12039, dated February 24,
1978. The coordinating group shall be composed of the following members
or their designees:
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be the permanent
chairman of the coordinating group.
(2) The Secretary of Commerce.
(3) The Secretary of the Interior.
(4) The Secretary of Energy.
(5) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(6) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(7) The Chief of Engineers.
(8) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(9) The Administrator of the Agency for International
Development.
(10) The Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
(11) The Director of the National Science Foundation.
(12) The Governor of the Farm Credit Administration.
(13) The heads of such other Federal agencies as are deemed
appropriate by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the
``Director''), after consultation with the coordinating group.
(b) Purpose and functions
The purpose of the coordinating group is to increase the overall
effectiveness and productivity of Federal aquaculture research,
transfer, and assistance programs. In fulfilling this purpose the
coordinating group shall--
(1) review the national needs for aquaculture research,
transfer, and assistance;
(2) assess the effectiveness and adequacy of Federal efforts to
meet those national needs;
(3) undertake planning, coordination, and communication among
Federal agencies engaged in the science, engineering, and technology
of aquaculture;
(4) collect, compile, and disseminate information on
aquaculture;
(5) encourage joint programs among Federal agencies in areas of
mutual interest; and
(6) recommend to the Federal Council specific actions on issues,
problems, plans, and programs in aquaculture.
(c) Reports
The coordinating group shall regularly report to the Chairman of the
Federal Council on the coordinating group's activities and on
recommendations concerning Federal policies and programs related to
aquaculture.
(d) Federal consistency
Each Federal department and agency that has functions or
responsibilities with respect to aquaculture or has jurisdiction over
any activity that affects, or that may affect, the achievement of the
purpose and policy of this chapter, shall, in consultation with the
coordinating group and to the maximum extent practicable, perform such
function, responsibility, or activity in a manner that is consistent
with the purpose and policy of this chapter.
(e) Functions if Federal Council terminated
If at any time after September 26, 1980, the functions of the
Federal Council are by executive action terminated or transferred to an
agency other than the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the
coordinating group shall carry out its purpose under the direction of
the Director. In that event, the recommendations of the coordinating
group referred to in subsection (b)(6) of this section and the reports
required under subsection (c) of this section shall be made to the
Director.
(Pub. L. 96-362, Sec. 6, Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1203; Pub. L. 99-198,
title XVII, Sec. 1736, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1643.)
References in Text
Executive Order 12039, dated February 24, 1978, referred to in
subsec. (a), is Ex. Ord. No. 12039, Feb. 24, 1978, 43 F.R. 8095, which
is set out as a note under section 6601 of Title 42, The Public Health
and Welfare.
Amendments
1985--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1736(1), inserted ``, who
shall be the permanent chairman of the coordinating group''.
Subsecs. (c) to (f). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1736(2)-(4), struck out
subsec. (c) which provided that each of the Secretaries or their
designees, on such rotating basis as determined by the Director, shall
serve as the chairman of the coordinating group, with the term of office
of the chairman set at two years, redesignated subsecs. (d) to (f) as
(c) to (e), respectively, and in subsec. (e), as redesignated,
substituted ``subsection (c) of this section'' for ``subsection (d) of
this section''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2802 of this title; title 7
section 3322.
