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