42 U.S.C. § 5819 — Report to Congress on future reorganiza-

Page 6601 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 5820 1 See References in Text note below. CODIFICATION In subsec. (b), ‘‘chapter 33 of title 40’’ substituted for ‘‘the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended’’ on au- thority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Adminis- trator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (un- less otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this title. AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PLUTONIUM; EXEMPT SHIPMENT OF PLUTONIUM Pub. L. 94–187, title V, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1077, pro- vided that: ‘‘SEC. 501. The Energy Research and Development Ad- ministration shall not ship plutonium in any form by aircraft whether exports, imports, or domestic ship- ment: Provided, That any exempt shipments of pluto- nium, as defined by section 502, are not subject to this restriction. This restriction shall be in force until the Energy Research and Development Administration has certified to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy of the Congress that a safe container has been developed and tested which will not rupture under crash and blast testing equivalent to the crash and explosion of a high- flying aircraft. ‘‘SEC. 502. For the purposes of this title, the term ‘ex- empt shipments of plutonium’ shall include the fol- lowing: ‘‘(1) Plutonium shipments in any form designed for medical application. ‘‘(2) Plutonium shipments which pursuant to rules promulgated by the Administrator of the Energy Re- search and Development Administration are deter- mined to be made for purposes of national security, public health and safety, or emergency maintenance operations. ‘‘(3) Shipments of small amounts of plutonium deemed by the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to require rapid shipment by air in order to preserve the chemical, physical, or isotopic properties of the transported item or material.’’ § 5817a. Employee-suggested research projects; approval; funding; reports (a) Any Government-owned contractor oper- ated laboratory, energy research center, or other laboratory performing functions under contract to the Administration may, with the approval of the Administrator, use a reasonable amount of its operating budget for the funding of employee-suggested research projects up to the pilot stage of development. It shall be a con- dition of any such approval that the director of the laboratory or center involved form an inter- nal review mechanism for determining which employee-suggested projects merit funding in a given fiscal year; and any such project may be funded in one or more succeeding years if the re- view process indicates that it merits such fund- ing. (b) Each director of a laboratory or center specified in subsection (a) of this section shall submit an annual report to the Administrator on projects being funded under this section; and on completion of each such project shall submit a report to the Technical Information Center of the Administration for inclusion in its data base. (Pub. L. 95–39, title III, § 303, June 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 189.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Energy Reor- ganization Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Adminis- trator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (un- less otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this title. § 5818. Repealed. Pub. L. 95–91, title VII, § 709(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 608 Section, Pub. L. 93–438, title I, § 108, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1241; Pub. L. 94–385, title I, §§ 162, 163, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1140, 1142; Pub. L. 95–39, title V, § 510(b), (c), June 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 200, related to establishment of an Energy Resources Council. Executive Documents EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11814 Ex. Ord. No. 11814, Oct. 11, 1974, 39 F.R. 36955, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11819, Nov. 16, 1974, 39 F.R. 40743; Ex. Ord. No. 11855, May 1, 1975, 40 F.R. 19423, which related to the activation of the Energy Re- sources Council, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12083, Sept. 27, 1978, 43 F.R. 44813, formerly set out as a note under section 7101 of this title. § 5819. Report to Congress on future reorganiza- tion (a) The President shall transmit to the Con- gress as promptly as possible, but not later than June 30, 1975, such additional recommendations as he deems advisable for organization of energy and related functions in the Federal Govern- ment, including, but not limited to, whether or not there shall be established (1) a Department of Energy and Natural Resources, (2) an Energy Policy Council, and (3) a consolidation in whole or in part of regulatory functions concerning en- ergy. (b) This report shall replace and serve the pur- poses of the report required by section 774(a)(4) 1 of title 15. (Pub. L. 93–438, title I, § 109, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1242.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 774(a)(4) of title 15, referred to in subsec. (b), was struck out by Pub. L. 94–385, title I, § 109(a)(1), Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1130. § 5820. Coordination with environmental efforts The Administrator is authorized to establish programs to utilize research and development performed by other Federal agencies to mini- mize the adverse environmental effects of en- ergy projects. The Administrator of the Envi- ronmental Protection Agency, as well as other