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§ 2805. Coordination of national activities regarding aquaculture
(a) Establishment
There is established within the Office of Science and Technology Policy an interagency aquaculture coordinating group that shall, subject to subsection (f), operate as a Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Federal Council”) established by Executive Order 12039, dated February 24, 1978. The coordinating group shall be composed of the following members or their designees:
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be the permanent chairman of the coordinating group.
(2) The Secretary of Commerce.
(3) The Secretary of the Interior.
(4) The Secretary of Energy.
(5) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(6) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(7) The Chief of Engineers.
(8) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(9) The Administrator of the Agency for International Development.
(10) The Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
(11) The Director of the National Science Foundation.
(12) The Governor of the Farm Credit Administration.
(13) The heads of such other Federal agencies as are deemed appropriate by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Director”), after consultation with the coordinating group.
(b) Purpose and functions
The purpose of the coordinating group is to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal aquaculture research, transfer, and assistance programs. In fulfilling this purpose the coordinating group shall—
(1) review the national needs for aquaculture research, transfer, and assistance;
(2) assess the effectiveness and adequacy of Federal efforts to meet those national needs;
(3) undertake planning, coordination, and communication among Federal agencies engaged in the science, engineering, and technology of aquaculture;
(4) collect, compile, and disseminate information on aquaculture;
(5) encourage joint programs among Federal agencies in areas of mutual interest; and
(6) recommend to the Federal Council specific actions on issues, problems, plans, and programs in aquaculture.
(c) Reports
(d) Federal consistency
(e) Functions if Federal Council terminated
(Pub. L. 96–362, § 6, Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1203; Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1736, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1643.)