Collapse to view only § 6651. Establishment, membership, and functions of Council
§ 6651. Establishment, membership, and functions of Council
(a) Designation
(b) Composition
(c) Chairman
(d) Participation of unnamed Federal agencies in meetings; invitations to attend meetings
(e) Consideration of problems and developments affecting more than one Federal agency; recommendations
(1) provide more effective planning and administration of Federal scientific, engineering, and technological programs,
(2) identify research needs including areas requiring additional emphasis,
(3) achieve more effective utilization of the scientific, engineering, and technological resources and facilities of Federal agencies, including the elimination of unwarranted duplication, and
(4) further international cooperation in science, engineering, and technology.
(f) Other advisory duties
(g) Assistance to Council by agency represented thereon
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, each Federal agency represented on the Council shall furnish necessary assistance to the Council. Such assistance may include—
(1) detailing employees to the Council to perform such functions, consistent with the purposes of this section, as the Chairman may assign to them, and
(2) undertaking, upon request of the Chairman, such special studies for the Council as come within the functions herein assigned.
(h) Establishment of subcommittees and panels
(Pub. L. 94–282, title IV, § 401, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 471; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(a), title VII, §§ 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1406, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 986; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1406(a), (b), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1298; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(q)(11), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 851, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1171; Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title II, § 2104(k)(3)(B), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5720.)