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2 U.S.C. § 471 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
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The Congress hereby finds and declares that:
**(a)** As technology continues to change and expand rapidly, its applications are—
(1) large and growing in scale; and
(2) increasingly extensive, pervasive, and critical in their impact, beneficial and adverse, on the natural and social environment.
**(b)** Therefore, it is essential that, to the fullest extent possible, the consequences of technological applications be anticipated, understood, and considered in determination of public policy on existing and emerging national problems.
**(c)** The Congress further finds that:
(1) the Federal agencies presently responsible directly to the Congress are not designed to provide the legislative branch with adequate and timely information, independently developed, relating to the potential impact of technological applications, and
(2) the present mechanisms of the Congress do not and are not designed to provide the legislative branch with such information.
**(d)** Accordingly, it is necessary for the Congress to—
(1) equip itself with new and effective means for securing competent, unbiased information concerning the physical, biological, economic, social, and political effects of such applications; and
(2) utilize this information, whenever appropriate, as one factor in the legislative assessment of matters pending before the Congress, particularly in those instances where the Federal Government may be called upon to consider support for, or management or regulation of, technological applications.
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The Congress hereby finds and declares that:
**(a)** As technology continues to change and expand rapidly, its applications are—
(1) large and growing in scale; and
(2) increasingly extensive, pervasive, and critical in their impact, beneficial and adverse, on the natural and social environment.
**(b)** Therefore, it is essential that, to the fullest extent possible, the consequences of technological applications be anticipated, understood, and considered in determination of public policy on existing and emerging national problems.
**(c)** The Congress further finds that:
(1) the Federal agencies presently responsible directly to the Congress are not designed to provide the legislative branch with adequate and timely information, independently developed, relating to the potential impact of technological applications, and
(2) the present mechanisms of the Congress do not and are not designed to provide the legislative branch with such information.
**(d)** Accordingly, it is necessary for the Congress to—
(1) equip itself with new and effective means for securing competent, unbiased information concerning the physical, biological, economic, social, and political effects of such applications; and
(2) utilize this information, whenever appropriate, as one factor in the legislative assessment of matters pending before the Congress, particularly in those instances where the Federal Government may be called upon to consider support for, or management or regulation of, technological applications.
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**(a) Initiation and support of studies and programs; scholarships; current register of scientific and engineering personnel** The Foundation is authorized and directed—
(1) to initiate and support basic scientific research and programs to strengthen scientific research potential and science education programs at all levels in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, social, and other sciences, and to initiate and support research fundamental to the engineering process and programs to strengthen engineering research potential and engineering education programs at all levels in the various fields of engineering, by making contracts or other arrangements (including grants, loans, and other forms of assistance) to support such scientific, engineering, and educational activities and to appraise the impact of research upon industrial development and upon the general welfare;
(2) to award, as provided in [section 1869 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1869&num=0&edition=prelim), scholarships and graduate fellowships for study and research in the sciences or in engineering;
(3) to foster the interchange of scientific and engineering information among scientists and engineers in the United States and foreign countries;
(4) to foster and support the development and use of computer and other scientific and engineering methods and technologies, primarily for research and education in the sciences and engineering;
(5) to evaluate the status and needs of the various sciences and fields of engineering as evidenced by programs, projects, and studies undertaken by agencies of the Federal Government, by individuals, and by public and private research groups, employing by grant or contract such consulting services as i
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**(a) Creation** In accordance with the findings and declaration of purpose in [section 471 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section471&num=0&edition=prelim), there is hereby created the Office of Technology Assessment (hereinafter referred to as the “Office”) which shall be within and responsible to the legislative branch of the Government.
**(b) Composition** The Office shall consist of a Technology Assessment Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) which shall formulate and promulgate the policies of the Office, and a Director who shall carry out such policies and administer the operations of the Office.
**(c) Functions and duties** The basic function of the Office shall be to provide early indications of the probable beneficial and adverse impacts of the applications of technology and to develop other coordinate information which may assist the Congress. In carrying out such function, the Office shall:
(1) identify existing or probable impacts of technology or technological programs;
(2) where possible, ascertain cause-and-effect relationships;
(3) identify alternative technological methods of implementing specific programs;
(4) identify alternative programs for achieving requisite goals;
(5) make estimates and comparisons of the impacts of alternative methods and programs;
(6) present findings of completed analyses to the appropriate legislative authorities;
(7) identify areas where additional research or data collection is required to provide adequate support for the assessments and estimates described in paragraph (1) through (5) of this subsection; and
(8) undertake such additional associated activities as the appropriate authorities specified under subsection (d) may direct.
**(d) Initiation of
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**(a)** The Secretary, pursuant to general standards which the Secretary shall prescribe in regulations, shall measure and evaluate on a continuing basis the effect of all programs authorized under this title, in order to determine their effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and in achieving such goals in relation to their cost, their effect on related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services. Such information as the Secretary may consider necessary for purposes of such evaluations shall be made available to the Secretary, upon request, by all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch.
**(b)** In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall collect, collate, and analyze on a continuing basis full statistical data regarding participation (including the duration thereof), provision of services, categories of beneficiaries, planning and construction of facilities, acquisition of real property, proposed excessing of land, accretion and attrition of personnel, and categorized expenditures attributable thereto, under all programs carried out under this title.
**(c)** The Secretary shall make available to the public, and on a regular basis provide to the appropriate committees of the Congress, copies of all completed evaluative research studies and summaries of evaluations of program impact and effectiveness carried out, and tabulations and analyses of all data collected, under this section.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 441h
§ 441h. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 441h was editorially reclassified as section
30124 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
§ 441i. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 441i was editorially reclassified as section
30125 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
§ 441j. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–187, title I, § 105(1),
Jan. 8, 1980, 93 Stat. 1354
Section, Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 329, as added Pub.
L. 94–283, title I, § 112(2), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 494, set
forth provisions respecting penalties for violations of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal effective Jan. 8, 1980, see section 301(a) of Pub.
L. 96–187, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amend-
ment note under section 30101 of Title 52, Voting and
Elections.
§ 441k. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 441k was editorially reclassified as section
30126 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
§ 442. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 442 was editorially reclassified as section 6566
of this title.
SUBCHAPTER II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 451. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 451 was editorially reclassified as section
30141 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
§ 452. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 452 was editorially reclassified as section
30142 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
§ 453. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 453 was editorially reclassified as section
30143 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
§ 454. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 454 was editorially reclassified as section
30144 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
§ 455. Transferred
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