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[CITE: 42USC4364]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 55--NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 4364. Expenditure of funds for research and development 
        related to regulatory program activities
        

(a) Coordination, etc., with research needs and priorities of program 
        offices and Environmental Protection Agency

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
assure that the expenditure of any funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act or any other provision of law for environmental research and 
development related to regulatory program activities shall be 
coordinated with and reflect the research needs and priorities of the 
program offices, as well as the overall research needs and priorities of 
the Agency, including those defined in the five-year research plan.

(b) Program offices subject to coverage

    For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the appropriate 
program offices are--
        (1) the Office of Air and Waste Management, for air quality 
    activities;
        (2) the Office of Water and Hazardous Materials, for water 
    quality activities and water supply activities;
        (3) the Office of Pesticides, for environmental effects of 
    pesticides;
        (4) the Office of Solid Waste, for solid waste activities;
        (5) the Office of Toxic Substances, for toxic substance 
    activities;
        (6) the Office of Radiation Programs, for radiation activities; 
    and
        (7) the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, for noise 
    activities.

(c) Report to Congress; contents

    The Administrator shall submit to the President and the Congress a 
report concerning the most appropriate means of assuring, on a 
continuing basis, that the research efforts of the Agency reflect the 
needs and priorities of the regulatory program offices, while 
maintaining a high level of scientific quality. Such report shall be 
submitted on or before March 31, 1978.

(Pub. L. 95-155, Sec. 7, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1259.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 95-155, Nov. 8, 
1977, 91 Stat. 1257, as amended, known as the Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, which to the 
extent classified to the Code enacted sections 300j-3a, 4361a, 4361b, 
and 4363 to 4367 of this title. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, and not as 
part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises 
this chapter.
