
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 42USC6651]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
 CHAPTER 79--SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIES
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, 
                             AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Sec. 6651. Establishment, membership, and functions of Council


(a) Designation

    There is established the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, 
Engineering, and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the 
``Council'').

(b) Composition

    The Council shall be composed of the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy and one representative of each of the 
following Federal agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of 
Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the 
Interior, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and 
Department of Energy. Each such representative shall be an official of 
policy rank designated by the head of the Federal agency concerned.

(c) Chairman

    The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall 
serve as Chairman of the Council. The Chairman may designate another 
member of the Council to act temporarily in the Chairman's absence as 
Chairman.

(d) Participation of unnamed Federal agencies in meetings; invitations 
        to attend meetings

    The Chairman may (1) request the head of any Federal agency not 
named in subsection (b) of this section to designate a representative to 
participate in meetings or parts of meetings of the Council concerned 
with matters of substantial interest to such agency, and (2) invite 
other persons to attend meetings of the Council.

(e) Consideration of problems and developments affecting more than one 
        Federal agency; recommendations

    The Council shall consider problems and developments in the fields 
of science, engineering, and technology and related activities affecting 
more than one Federal agency, and shall recommend policies and other 
measures designed to--
        (1) provide more effective planning and administration of 
    Federal scientific, engineering, and technological programs,
        (2) identify research needs including areas requiring additional 
    emphasis,
        (3) achieve more effective utilization of the scientific, 
    engineering, and technological resources and facilities of Federal 
    agencies, including the elimination of unwarranted duplication, and
        (4) further international cooperation in science, engineering, 
    and technology.

(f) Other advisory duties

    The Council shall perform such other related advisory duties as 
shall be assigned by the President or by the Chairman.

(g) Assistance to Council by agency represented thereon

    For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, each 
Federal agency represented on the Council shall furnish necessary 
assistance to the Council. Such assistance may include--
        (1) detailing employees to the Council to perform such 
    functions, consistent with the purposes of this section, as the 
    Chairman may assign to them, and
        (2) undertaking, upon request of the Chairman, such special 
    studies for the Council as come within the functions herein 
    assigned.

(h) Establishment of subcommittees and panels

    For the purpose of conducting studies and making reports as directed 
by the Chairman, standing subcommittees and panels of the Council may be 
established.

(Pub. L. 94-282, title IV, Sec. 401, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 471; Pub. L. 
95-91, title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 
91 Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1406, Sept. 29, 
1977, 91 Stat. 986; Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1406(a), (b), Dec. 
22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1298; Pub. L. 102-54, Sec. 13(q)(11), June 13, 1991, 
105 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 851, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 
Stat. 1171.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 104-127 struck out after first sentence 
``Among such standing subcommittees and panels of the Council shall be 
the Subcommittee on Food, Agricultural, and Forestry Research. This 
subcommittee shall review Federal research and development programs 
relevant to domestic and world food and fiber production and 
distribution, promote planning and coordination of this research in the 
Federal Government, and recommend policies and other measures concerning 
the food and agricultural sciences for the consideration of the Council. 
The subcommittee shall include, but not be limited to, representatives 
of each of the following departments or agencies; the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the 
Department of the Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services, 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of 
Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The principal 
representatives of the Department of Agriculture shall serve as the 
chairman of the subcommittee.''
    1991--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-54 substituted ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.
    1981--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97-98 substituted ``Subcommittee on Food, 
Agricultural, and Forestry Research'' for ``Subcommittee on Food and 
Renewable Resources'', ``Department of Health and Human Services'' for 
``Department of Health, Education, and Welfare'', and ``Department of 
Energy'' for ``Energy Research and Development Administration''.
    1977--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 95-113 inserted provisions relating to 
Subcommittee on Food and Renewable Resources.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 
of Title 7, Agriculture.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 
of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of Title 7, 
Agriculture.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Department of Energy'' substituted for ``Energy Research and 
Development Administration'' in subsec. (b) pursuant to sections 301(a), 
703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95-91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 
7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Energy Research and 
Development Administration and transferred its functions (with certain 
exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

Abolition of Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and 
                    Technology; Transfer of Functions

    The Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and 
Technology, established pursuant to this section, was abolished and its 
functions transferred to the President by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1977, 
Sec. 5A, 42 F.R. 56101, 91 Stat. 1634, set out in the Appendix to Title 
5, Government Organization and Employees, effective Feb. 26, 1978, as 
provided by section 1(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12039, Feb. 24, 1978, 43 F.R. 
8095, set out under section 6601 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 15 section 2932.
