Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 134 — Energy Policy
§ 13383. Director of Climate Protection
Statutory text
Within 6 months after , the Secretary shall establish, within the Department of Energy, a Director of Climate Protection (in this section referred to as the “Director”). The Director shall—
in the absence of the Secretary, serve as the Secretary’s representative for interagency and multilateral policy discussions of global climate change, including the activities of the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences as established by the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–606) [15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.] and the Policy Coordinating Committee Working Group on Climate Change;
monitor, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, domestic and international policies for their effects on the generation of greenhouse gases; and
have the authority to participate in the planning activities of relevant Department of Energy programs.
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.
Energy Policy Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–486 title XVI § 1603 · 106 Stat. 2776
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13383
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XVI, § 1603, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3001.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XVI, § 1603, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3001.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1603. DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE PROTECTION. Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish, within the Department of Energy, a Director of Climate Protection (in this section referred to as the “Director”). The Director shall— (1) in the absence of the Secretary, serve as the Secretary’s representative for interagency and multilateral policy discussions of global climate change, including the activities of the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences as established by the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–606) and the Policy Coordinating Committee Working Group on Climate Change; (2) monitor, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, domestic and international policies for their effects on the generation of greenhouse gases; and (3) have the authority to participate in the planning activities of relevant Department of Energy programs.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Global Change Research Act of 1990, referred to in par. (1), is Pub. L. 101–606, , 104 Stat. 3096, which is classified generally to chapter 56A (§ 2921 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2921 of Title 15 and Tables.