2013 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 97 - ACID PRECIPITATION PROGRAM AND CARBON DIOXIDE STUDY (§§ 8901 - 8912)
Subchapter I - ACID PRECIPITATION (§§ 8901 - 8906)
Section 8902 - Comprehensive ten-year program
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 97 - ACID PRECIPITATION PROGRAM AND CARBON DIOXIDE STUDY SUBCHAPTER I - ACID PRECIPITATION Sec. 8902 - Comprehensive ten-year program |
| Contains | section 8902 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-294, title VII, §703, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 771. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 94 Stat. 771 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 96-294 |
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There is hereby established a comprehensive ten-year program to carry out the provisions of this subchapter; and to implement this program there shall be formed an Acid Precipitation Task Force (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the "Task Force"), of which the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be joint chairmen. The remaining membership of the Task Force shall consist of—
(1) one representative each from the Department of the Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of State, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Council on Environmental Quality, the National Science Foundation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(2) the director of the Argonne National Laboratory, the director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the director of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; and
(3) four additional members to be appointed by the President.
(b) Research management consortium; membership, responsibilities, etc.The four National Laboratories (referred to in subsection (a)(2) of this section) shall constitute a research management consortium having the responsibilities described in section 8903(b)(13) of this title as well as the general responsibilities required by their representation on the Task Force. In carrying out these responsibilities the consortium shall report to, and act pursuant to direction from, the joint chairmen of the Task Force.
(c) Director of research programThe Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall serve as the director of the research program established by this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VII, §703, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 771.)
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