§ 4106. Implementation of Arctic research policy

Statutory text

National Science Foundation and Director; functions

The National Science Foundation is designated as the lead agency responsible for implementing Arctic research policy, and the Director of the National Science Foundation shall insure that the requirements of section 4107 of this title are fulfilled.

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee; establishment; represented agencies; Chairperson

The President shall establish an Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Interagency Committee”).

The Interagency Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following Federal agencies or offices:

the National Science Foundation;

the Department of Commerce;

the Department of Defense;

the Department of Energy;

the Department of the Interior;

the Department of State;

the Department of Transportation;

the Department of Health and Human Services;

the Department of Homeland Security;

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;

the Environmental Protection Agency; and

any other agency or office deemed appropriate.

The representative of the National Science Foundation shall serve as the Chairperson of the Interagency Committee.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1984
Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–373 title I § 107 · 98 Stat. 1242
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4106
Pub. L. 98–373, title I, § 107, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1246
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–373, title I, § 107, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1246
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 107. lead agency and interagency arctic research policy committee (a) The National Science Foundation is designated as the lead agency responsible for implementing Arctic research policy, and the Director of the National Science Foundation shall insure that the requirements of section 108 are fulfilled. (b) (1) The President shall establish an Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Interagency Committee”). (2) The Interagency Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following Federal agencies or offices: (A) the National Science Foundation; (B) the Department of Commerce; (C) the Department of Defense; (D) the Department of Energy; (E) the Department of the Interior; (F) the Department of State; (G) the Department of Transportation; (H) the Department of Health and Human Services; (I) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (J) the Environmental Protection Agency; and (K) any other agency or office deemed appropriate. (3) The representative of the National Science Foundation shall serve as the Chairperson of the Interagency Committee.
2006
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109–241 title IX § 902(g) · 120 Stat. 516
1. Added · 15 U.S.C. § 4106(b)(2)(I)(L)
  Pub. L. 109–241 added subpar. (I)
2. Redesignated · 15 U.S.C. § 4106(b)(2)(I)(L)
  Pub. L. 109–241 redesignated former subpars. (I) to (K) as (J) to (L), respectively
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(2)(I) to (L). Pub. L. 109–241 added subpar. (I) and redesignated former subpars. (I) to (K) as (J) to (L), respectively.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(g) Arctic Research.— Section 107(b)(2) of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4106(b)(2)) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (I) through (K) as subparagraphs (J) through (L), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following: “(I) the Department of Homeland Security;” .

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (b)(2)(I) to (L). Pub. L. 109–241 added subpar. (I) and redesignated former subpars. (I) to (K) as (J) to (L), respectively.

Executive Documents

Designation of the National Science and Technology Council to Coordinate Certain Activities Under the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984

Memorandum of President of the United States, July 22, 2010, 75 F.R. 44063, provided:

Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (Title I of Public Law 98–373) (the “Act”), I hereby assign to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) responsibility to coordinate activities assigned in sections 107 and 108 of the Act to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, including through committees of the NSTC.

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

Barack Obama.

Credits

1984–2006 · 2 acts

1984Pub. L. 98–373, title I, § 107, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1246
2006Pub. L. 109–241, title IX, § 902(g), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 567.

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(Pub. L. 98–373, title I, § 107, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 109–241, title IX, § 902(g), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 567.)