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15 U.S.C. § 2934 — United States Global Change Research Program

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15 U.S.C. § 2934 — United States Global Change Research Program

The President shall establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change. The Program shall be implemented by the Plan developed under [section 2934 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2934&num=0&edition=prelim).

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The President shall establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change. The Program shall be implemented by the Plan developed under [section 2934 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2934&num=0&edition=prelim).

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15 U.S.C. § 2931 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term— (1) “Committee” means the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences established under [section 2932 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2932&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) “Council” means the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology; (3) “global change” means changes in the global environment (including alterations in climate, land productivity, oceans or other water resources, atmospheric chemistry, and ecological systems) that may alter the capacity of the Earth to sustain life; (4) “global change research” means study, monitoring, assessment, prediction, and information management activities to describe and understand— (A) the interactive physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system; (B) the unique environment that the Earth provides for life; (C) changes that are occurring in the Earth system; and (D) the manner in which such system, environment, and changes are influenced by human actions; (5) “Plan” means the National Global Change Research Plan developed under [section 2934 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2934&num=0&edition=prelim), or any revision thereof; and (6) “Program” means the United States Global Change Research Program established under [section 2933 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2933&num=0&edition=prelim).

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15 U.S.C. § 2934 — National Global Change Research Plan

Page 1966 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 2933 tion of scientific research programs, and shall be a representative of an agency that contributes substantially, in terms of scientific research ca- pability and budget, to the Program. (d) Support personnel An Executive Secretary shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Committee, with the ap- proval of the Committee. The Executive Sec- retary shall be a permanent employee of one of the agencies or departments represented on the Committee, and shall remain in the employ of such agency or department. The Chairman of the Council shall have the authority to make personnel decisions regarding any employees de- tailed to the Council for purposes of working on business of the Committee pursuant to section 6651 of title 42. (e) Functions relative to global change The Council, through the Committee, shall be responsible for planning and coordinating the Program. In carrying out this responsibility, the Committee shall— (1) serve as the forum for developing the Plan and for overseeing its implementation; (2) improve cooperation among Federal agencies and departments with respect to global change research activities; (3) provide budgetary advice as specified in section 2935 of this title; (4) work with academic, State, industry, and other groups conducting global change re- search, to provide for periodic public and peer review of the Program; (5) cooperate with the Secretary of State in— (A) providing representation at inter- national meetings and conferences on global change research in which the United States participates; and (B) coordinating the Federal activities of the United States with programs of other nations and with international global change research activities such as the Inter

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