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[CITE: 42USC6611]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
 CHAPTER 79--SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIES
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
 
Sec. 6611. Establishment of Office

    There is established in the Executive Office of the President an 
Office of Science and Technology Policy (hereinafter referred to in this 
subchapter as the ``Office'').

(Pub. L. 94-282, title II, Sec. 202, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 463.)


                               Short Title

    For short title of this subchapter as the ``Presidential Science and 
Technology Advisory Organization Act of 1976'', see section 201 of Pub. 
L. 94-282, set out as a Short Title note under section 6601 of this 
title.


            High-Resolution Information System Advisory Board

    Pub. L. 102-245, title V, Sec. 501, Feb. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 22, 
authorized the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
to establish within that office a High-Resolution Information Systems 
Advisory Board to monitor and, as appropriate, foster the development 
and competitiveness of United States-based high-resolution information 
systems industries, further provided that ``high-resolution information 
systems'' means equipment and techniques required to create, store, 
recover, and play back high-resolution images and accompanying sound, 
further provided for functions of the Board, including provision of 
guidance and advice relating to establishment of such industries as well 
as transfer of Federal technologies to the private sector, further 
provided for membership and procedures of the Board, including 
submission of annual report of its activities to the President and 
Congress, and further provided for limitation on functions of Board and 
appropriations through fiscal year 1993.
