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[CITE: 42USC5553]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 71--SOLAR ENERGY
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION
 
Sec. 5553. Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project


(a) Establishment

    There is hereby established the Solar Energy Coordination and 
Management Project.

(b) Membership; chairman; compensation

    (1) The Project shall be composed of six members as follows:
        (A) an Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation;
        (B) an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
        (C) a member of the Federal Power Commission;
        (D) an Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
    Space Administration;
        (E) the General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission; and
        (F) a member to be designated by the President.

    (2) The President shall designate one member of the Project to serve 
as Chairman of the Project.
    (3) If the individual designated under paragraph (1)(F) is an 
officer or employee of the Federal Government, he shall receive no 
additional pay on account of his service as a member of the Project. If 
such individual is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
he shall be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual rate 
of basic pay in effect for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 
5315) for each day (including traveltime) during which he is engaged in 
the actual performance of duties vested in the Project.

(c) Responsibilities

    The Project shall have overall responsibility for the provision of 
effective management and coordination with respect to a national solar 
energy research, development, and demonstration program, including--
        (1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base, 
    including its temporal and geographic characteristics;
        (2) research and development on solar energy technologies; and
        (3) the demonstration of appropriate solar energy technologies.

(d) Cooperation with other Federal agencies; assignment of other Federal 
        agency personnel to Project

    (1) The Project shall carry out its responsibilities under this 
section in cooperation with the following Federal agencies:
        (A) the National Science Foundation, the responsibilities of 
    which shall include research;
        (B) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
    responsibilities of which shall include the provision of management 
    capability and the development of technologies;
        (C) the Atomic Energy Commission, the responsibilities of which 
    shall include the development of technologies;
        (D) the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 
    responsibilities of which shall include fostering the utilization of 
    solar energy for the heating and cooling of buildings, pursuant to 
    subchapter I of this chapter; and
        (E) the Federal Power Commission, the responsibilities of which 
    shall include fostering the utilization of solar energy for the 
    generation of electricity and for the production of synthetic fuels.

    (2) Upon request of the Chairman, the head of any such agency is 
authorized to detail or assign, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, 
any of the personnel of such agency to the Project to assist it in 
carrying out its responsibilities under this subchapter.

(e) Establishment or approval of program or project; operation and 
        administration of program or project

    The Project shall have exclusive authority with respect to the 
establishment or approval of programs or projects initiated under this 
subchapter, but the agency involved in any particular program or project 
shall be responsible for the operation and administration of such 
program or project.

(f) Authorization of National Aeronautics and Space Administration to 
        undertake and carry out assigned programs

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is authorized to 
undertake and carry out those programs assigned to it by the Project.

(Pub. L. 93-473, Sec. 4, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1432.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions, personnel, 
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for 
certain functions which were transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of 
this title.
    For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain 
reservations, to chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 
1950, Secs. 1,2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions 
notes set out under those sections.
    Functions of National Science Foundation relating to or utilized in 
connection with solar heating and cooling development transferred to 
Administrator of Energy Research and Development Administration by 
section 5814(f) of this title. Energy Research and Development 
Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator 
thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise 
specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 this title.
