2021 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 56A - Global Change Research
Subchapter I - United States Global Change Research Program
Sec. 2936 - Scientific assessment

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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 2936 (2021)
Section Name §2936. Scientific assessment
Section Text

On a periodic basis (not less frequently than every 4 years), the Council, through the Committee, shall prepare and submit to the President and the Congress an assessment which—

(1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the Program and discusses the scientific uncertainties associated with such findings;

(2) analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity; and

(3) analyzes current trends in global change, both human-inducted 1 and natural, and projects major trends for the subsequent 25 to 100 years.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 101–606, title I, §106, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3101.)

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be "human-induced".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 56A - GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER I - UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM
Sec. 2936 - Scientific assessment
Contains section 2936
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 104 Stat. 3101
Public Law References Public Law 101-606
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