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[CITE: 42USC6615]

 
                 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. 6615. Science and technology report and outlook


(a) Contents of report

    Notwithstanding the provisions of Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 
1977, the Director shall render to the President for submission to the 
Congress no later than January 15 of each odd numbered year, a science 
and technology report and outlook (hereinafter referred to as the 
``report'') which shall be prepared under the guidance of the Office and 
with the cooperation of the Director of the National Science Foundation, 
with appropriate assistance from other Federal departments and agencies 
as the Office or the Director of the National Science Foundation deems 
necessary. The report shall include--
        (1) a statement of the President's current policy for the 
    maintenance of the Nation's leadership in science and technology;
        (2) a review of developments of national significance in science 
    and technology;
        (3) a description of major Federal decisions and actions related 
    to science and technology that have occurred since the previous such 
    report;
        (4) a discussion of currently important national issues in which 
    scientific or technical considerations are of major significance;
        (5) a forecast of emerging issues of national significance 
    resulting from, or identified through, scientific research or in 
    which scientific or technical considerations are of major 
    importance; and
        (6) a discussion of opportunities for, and constraints on, the 
    use of new and existing scientific and technological information, 
    capabilities, and resources, including manpower resources, to make 
    significant contributions to the achievement of Federal program 
    objectives and national goals.

(b) Printing; availability to public

    The Office shall insure that the report, in the form approved by the 
President, is printed and made available as a public document.

(Pub. L. 94-282, title II, Sec. 206, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 
97-375, title II, Sec. 215(3), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1826.)

                       References in Text

    Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1977, referred to in subsec. (a), is 
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1977, 42 F.R. 56101, 91 Stat. 1633, which is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 6618 of this title, Pub. L. 94-282, title II, Sec. 209, May 11, 
1976, 90 Stat. 468, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-375, title II, 
Sec. 215(1), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1826.


                               Amendments

    1982--Pub. L. 97-375 substituted provisions requiring the President 
to submit to Congress in odd numbered years a science and technology 
report and outlook for provisions which required the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy to create a five-year science and technology 
outlook, dealing with current and emerging problems and with 
opportunities for and constraints on new and existing capabilities, to 
be revised annually, composed with the consultation of officials of 
departments and agencies having related programs and responsibilities, 
and with officials of the Office of Management and Budget and other 
appropriate elements of the Executive Office of the President.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6615 of this title.
