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15 U.S.C. § 2931 — Definitions
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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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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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**(a) Establishment** The President, through the Council, shall establish a Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences. The Committee shall carry out Council functions under [section 6651 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6651&num=0&edition=prelim) relating to global change research, for the purpose of increasing the overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal global change research efforts.
**(b) Membership** The Committee shall consist of at least one representative from—
(1) the National Science Foundation;
(2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(3) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce;
(4) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(5) the Department of Energy;
(6) the Department of State;
(7) the Department of Defense;
(8) the Department of the Interior;
(9) the Department of Agriculture;
(10) the Department of Transportation;
(11) the Office of Management and Budget;
(12) the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(13) the Council on Environmental Quality;
(14) the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health; and
(15) such other agencies and departments of the United States as the President or the Chairman of the Council considers appropriate.
Such representatives shall be high ranking officials of their agency or department, wherever possible the head of the portion of that agency or department that is most revelant 11 So in original. Probably should be “relevant”. to the purpose of the subchapter described in [section 2931(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2931/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Chairperson** The Chairman of th
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**(a) Findings** The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Industrial, agricultural, and other human activities, coupled with an expanding world population, are contributing to processes of global change that may significantly alter the Earth habitat within a few human generations.
(2) Such human-induced changes, in conjunction with natural fluctuations, may lead to significant global warming and thus alter world climate patterns and increase global sea levels. Over the next century, these consequences could adversely affect world agricultural and marine production, coastal habitability, biological diversity, human health, and global economic and social well-being.
(3) The release of chlorofluorocarbons and other stratospheric ozone-depleting substances is rapidly reducing the ability of the atmosphere to screen out harmful ultraviolet radiation, which could adversely affect human health and ecological systems.
(4) Development of effective policies to abate, mitigate, and cope with global change will rely on greatly improved scientific understanding of global environmental processes and on our ability to distinguish human-induced from natural global change.
(5) New developments in interdisciplinary Earth sciences, global observing systems, and computing technology make possible significant advances in the scientific understanding and prediction of these global changes and their effects.
(6) Although significant Federal global change research efforts are underway, an effective Federal research program will require efficient interagency coordination, and coordination with the research activities of State, private, and international entities.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for development and coordination of a comprehensive and int
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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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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 2932
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘relevant’’.
(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, en-
vironment, and changes are influenced by
human actions;
(5) ‘‘Plan’’ means the National Global
Change Research Plan developed under section
2934 of this title, or any revision thereof; and
(6) ‘‘Program’’ means the United States
Global Change Research Program established
under section 2933 of this title.
(Pub. L. 101–606, § 2, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3096.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 101–606, § 1, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3096, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be
cited as the ‘Global Change Research Act of 1990’.’’
Pub. L. 101–606, title II, § 201, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat.
3102, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting subchapter II
of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘International Co-
operation in Global Change Research Act of 1990’.’’
SUBCHAPTER I—UNITED STATES GLOBAL
CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM
§ 2931. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Industrial, agricultural, and other human
activities, coupled with an expanding world
population, are contributing to processes of
global change that may significantly alter the
Earth habitat within a few human genera-
tions.
(2) Such human-induced changes, in conjunc-
tion with natural fluctuations, may lead to
significant global warming and thus alter
world climate patterns and increase global sea
levels. Over the next century, these con-
sequences coul
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