2011 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 84 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (§§ 7101 - 7386k)
Subchapter II - ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT (§§ 7131 - 7144e)
Section 7139 - Office of Science; establishment; appointment of Director; compensation; duties
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 84 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SUBCHAPTER II - ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT Sec. 7139 - Office of Science; establishment; appointment of Director; compensation; duties |
Contains | section 7139 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 95-91, title II, §209, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577; Pub. L. 105-245, title III, §309(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1853; Pub. L. 109-58, title X, §1006(c)(4), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 932. |
Statutes at Large References | 91 Stat. 577 112 Stat. 1853 119 Stat. 932 |
Public Law References | Public Law 95-91, Public Law 105-245, Public Law 109-58 |
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(a) There shall be within the Department an Office of Science 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) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Director—
(1) to advise the Secretary with respect to the physical research program transferred to the Department from the Energy Research and Development Administration;
(2) to monitor the Department's energy research and development programs in order to advise the Secretary with respect to any undesirable duplication or gaps in such programs;
(3) to advise the Secretary with respect to the well-being and management of the multipurpose laboratories under the jurisdiction of the Department, excluding laboratories that constitute part of the nuclear weapons complex;
(4) to advise the Secretary with respect to education and training activities required for effective short- and long-term basic and applied research activities of the Department;
(5) to advise the Secretary with respect to grants and other forms of financial assistance required for effective short- and long-term basic and applied research activities of the Department; and
(6) to carry out such additional duties assigned to the Office by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 95–91, title II, §209, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577; Pub. L. 105–245, title III, §309(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1853; Pub. L. 109–58, title X, §1006(c)(4), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 932.)
Amendments2005—Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 109–58 added par. (6) and struck out former par. (6) which read as follows: “to carry out such additional duties assigned to the Office by the Secretary relating to basic and applied research, including but not limited to supervision or support of research activities carried out by any of the Assistant Secretaries designated by section 7133 of this title, as the Secretary considers advantageous.”
1998—Pub. L. 105–245 substituted “Office of Science” for “Office of Energy Research” in section catchline and in subsec. (a).
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