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[CITE: 7USC5842]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                          CHAPTER 88--RESEARCH
 
            SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL GENETIC RESOURCES PROGRAM
 
Sec. 5842. Appointment and authority of Director


(a) Director

    There shall be at the head of the program an official to be known as 
the Director of the National Genetic Resources Program who shall be 
appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall perform such duties as 
are assigned to the Director by this subchapter and such other duties as 
the Secretary may prescribe.

(b) Administrative authority

    In carrying out this subchapter, the Secretary, acting through the 
Director--
        (1) shall be responsible for the overall direction of the 
    program and for the establishment and implementation of general 
    policies respecting the management and operation of activities 
    within the program;
        (2) may secure for the program consultation services and advice 
    of persons from the United States and abroad;
        (3) may accept voluntary and uncompensated services; and
        (4) may perform such other administrative functions as the 
    Secretary determines are needed to effectively carry out this 
    subchapter.

(c) Duties

    The Director shall--
        (1) advise participants on the program activities;
        (2) coordinate, review and facilitate the systematic 
    identification and evaluation of, relevant information generated 
    under the program;
        (3) promote the effective transfer of the information described 
    in paragraph (2) to the agriculture and food production community 
    and to entities that require such information; and
        (4) monitor the effectiveness of the activities described in 
    paragraph (3).

(d) Biennial reports

    The Director shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary and to the 
Congress a biennial report containing--
        (1) a description of the activities carried out by and through 
    the program and the policies of the program, and such 
    recommendations respecting such activities and policies as the 
    Director considers to be appropriate;
        (2) a description of the necessity for, and progress achieved 
    toward providing, additional programs and activities designed to 
    include the range of genetic resources described in section 
    5841(d)(5) of this title in the activities of the program; and
        (3) an assessment of events and activities occurring 
    internationally as they relate to the activities and policies of the 
    program.

(e) Initial reports

    Not later than one year after November 28, 1990, the Director shall 
transmit to the Secretary and to the Congress a report--
        (1) describing the projected needs over a 10-year period in each 
    of the areas of genetic resources described in section 5841(d)(5) of 
    this title, including the identification of existing components of a 
    comprehensive program, policies and activities needed to coordinate 
    those components, and additional elements not in existence which are 
    required for the development of a comprehensive genetic resources 
    program as described in such section;
        (2) assessing the international efforts and activities related 
    to the program, and their effect upon and coordination with the 
    program; and
        (3) evaluating the potential effect of various national laws, 
    including national quarantine requirements, as well as treaties, 
    agreements, and the activities of international organizations on the 
    development of a comprehensive international system for the 
    collection and maintenance of genetic resources of importance to 
    agriculture.

(Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1633, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3744; 
Pub. L. 102-237, title IV, Sec. 404(a)(2), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 
1864.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``Resources Program'' 
for ``Resources program''.


                  Termination of Reporting Requirements

    For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. 
(d) of this section relating to biennial reports to Congress, see 
section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under 
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 49 of House 
Document No. 103-7.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5843 of this title.
