2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 67 - ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY (§§ 4101 - 4111)
Section 4106 - Implementation of Arctic research policy
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 67 - ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY Sec. 4106 - Implementation of Arctic research policy |
| Contains | section 4106 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-373, title I, §107, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 109-241, title IX, §902(g), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 567. |
| Statutes at Large References | 98 Stat. 1246 120 Stat. 567 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 98-373, Public Law 109-241 |
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The National Science Foundation is designated as the lead agency responsible for implementing Arctic research policy, and the Director of the National Science Foundation shall insure that the requirements of section 4107 of this title are fulfilled.
(b) Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee; establishment; represented agencies; Chairperson(1) The President shall establish an Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Interagency Committee”).
(2) The Interagency Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following Federal agencies or offices:
(A) the National Science Foundation;
(B) the Department of Commerce;
(C) the Department of Defense;
(D) the Department of Energy;
(E) the Department of the Interior;
(F) the Department of State;
(G) the Department of Transportation;
(H) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(I) the Department of Homeland Security;
(J) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(K) the Environmental Protection Agency; and
(L) any other agency or office deemed appropriate.
(3) The representative of the National Science Foundation shall serve as the Chairperson of the Interagency Committee.
(Pub. L. 98–373, title I, §107, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 109–241, title IX, §902(g), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 567.)
Amendments2006—Subsec. (b)(2)(I) to (L). Pub. L. 109–241 added subpar. (I) and redesignated former subpars. (I) to (K) as (J) to (L), respectively.
Designation of the National Science and Technology Council to Coordinate Certain Activities Under the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984Memorandum of President of the United States, July 22, 2010, 75 F.R. 44063, provided:
Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (Title I of Public Law 98–373) (the “Act”), I hereby assign to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) responsibility to coordinate activities assigned in sections 107 and 108 of the Act to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, including through committees of the NSTC.
The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
Barack Obama.
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