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[CITE: 42USC13522]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
           SUBCHAPTER XI--POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 13522. Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and 
        Commercial Application Advisory Board
        

(a) Establishment

    The Secretary shall establish an Energy Research, Development, 
Demonstration, and Commercial Application Advisory Board (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Advisory Board'').

(b) Responsibilities

    The Advisory Board shall provide impartial technical advice to the 
Secretary to assist in the development of energy research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application plans and reports under 
sections 5905 and 5914 of this title, under section 7321 of this title, 
and as otherwise provided in subchapters VIII through XI of this 
chapter. The Advisory Board shall also periodically review such plans 
and reports and their implementation in relation to the goals stated in 
section 13401 of this title, and report the results of such review to 
the Secretary and the Congress. Such report shall be included as part of 
the report required under section 5914 of this title.

(c) Use of existing advisory board

    The Secretary may use an existing advisory board to carry out the 
responsibilities described in subsection (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XXIII, Sec. 2302, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 
3092.)

                       References in Text

    Subchapters VIII through XI of this chapter, referred to in subsec. 
(b), was in the original ``titles XX through XXIII of this Act'', 
meaning titles XX through XXIII of Pub. L. 102-486, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 
Stat. 3057-3092, which enacted subchapters VIII through XI of this 
chapter and amended sections 5103, 5107, 5108, 5110, 5307, 5905, 12003, 
12004, and 12006 of this title.


                     Termination of Advisory Boards

    Advisory boards established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a board established by the 
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed 
by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or 
in the case of a board established by Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, 
Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5905, 13411, 13523 of this 
title.
