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[CITE: 42USC8820]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
              CHAPTER 96--BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 8820. Office of Alcohol Fuels


(a) Establishment in Department of Energy; appointment and compensation 
        of Director

    There is hereby established within the Department of Energy an 
Office of Alcohol Fuels (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
``Office'') to be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who 
shall be compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.

(b) Responsibilities of Director

    (1) The Director shall be responsible for carrying out the functions 
of the Secretary of Energy under this subchapter which relate to 
alcohol, including the terms and conditions of financial assistance and 
the selection of recipients for that assistance, subject to the general 
supervision of the Secretary of Energy.
    (2) The Director shall be responsible directly to the Secretary of 
Energy.

(c) Annual authorization and appropriation requests for support of 
        Office

    In each annual authorization and appropriation request, the 
Secretary shall identify the portion thereof intended for the support of 
the Office and include a statement by the Office (1) showing the amount 
requested by the Office in its budgetary presentation to the Secretary 
and the Office of Management and Budget and (2) an assessment of the 
budgetary needs of the Office. Whenever the Office submits to the 
Secretary, the President, or the Office of Management and Budget, any 
formal legislative recommendation or testimony, or comments on 
legislation, prepared for submission to Congress, the Office shall 
concurrently transmit a copy thereof to the appropriate committees of 
Congress.

(d) Consultations respecting coordination of programs

    The Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Director, shall 
consult with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Administrator of the Community Services Administration, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or their appointed 
representatives, in order to coordinate the programs under the 
Director's responsibility with other programs within the Department of 
Energy and in such Federal agencies, which are related to the production 
of alcohol.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 220, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 696.)


                    Community Services Administration

    Community Services Administration, which was established by section 
601 of Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2941), 
terminated when Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Pub. L. 88-452, Aug. 
20, 1964, 78 Stat. 508, as amended, was repealed, except for titles VIII 
and X, effective Oct. 1, 1981, by section 683(a) of Pub. L. 97-35, title 
VI, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 519, which is classified to 42 U.S.C. 
9912(a). An Office of Community Services, headed by a Director, was 
established in Department of Health and Human Services by section 676 of 
Pub. L. 97-35, which is classified to 42 U.S.C. 9905.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8802 of this title.
