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‘‘fuel’’ for ‘‘gasoline’’ wherever appearing, ‘‘section
2821’’ for ‘‘section 2821(1)’’ in par. (3), and ‘‘automotive
fuel ratings’’ for ‘‘octane ratings’’ in par. (4).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–586, § 1502(b), struck out before
end of second sentence ‘‘; except that for purposes of
section 5(m)(1)(A) of such Act, the term ‘or knowledge
fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances’
shall not apply to any violation by any gasoline retailer of the requirements of section 2822(c) or (e) of
this title’’.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 1501(c)(3) of Pub. L. 102–486 effective at the end of the one-year period beginning Oct.
24, 1992, see section 1501(d)(1) of Pub. L. 102–486, set out
as a note under section 2821 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Subsec. (b) of this section effective on first day of
first calendar month beginning more than 6 months
after June 19, 1978, see section 205(a) of Pub. L. 95–297,
set out as a note under section 2822 of this title.

§ 2824. Relationship of statutory provisions to
State and local laws
(a) To the extent that any provision of this
subchapter applies to any act or omission, no
State or any political subdivision thereof may
adopt or continue in effect, except as provided in
subsection (b) of this section, any provision of
law or regulation with respect to such act or
omission, unless such provision of such law or
regulation is the same as the applicable provision of this subchapter.
(b) A State or political subdivision thereof
may provide for any investigative or enforcement action, remedy, or penalty (including procedural actions necessary to carry out such investigative or enforcement actions, remedies, or
penalties) with respect to any provision of law
or regulation permitted by subsection (a) of this
section.
(Pub. L. 95–297, title II, § 204, June 19, 1978, 92
Stat. 337; Pub. L. 102–486, title XV, § 1502(a), Oct.
24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2997.)
AMENDMENTS
1992—Pub. L. 102–486 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘To the extent
that any provision of this subchapter applies to any act
or omission, no State or any political subdivision
thereof may adopt, enforce, or continue in effect any
provision of any law or regulation (including any remedy or penalty applicable to any violation thereof) with
respect to such act or omission, unless such provision
of such law or regulation is the same as the applicable
provision of this subchapter.’’

SUBCHAPTER III—SUBSIDIZATION OF
MOTOR FUEL MARKETING
§ 2841. Study by Secretary of Energy
(a) Consultation with Chairman of Federal Trade
Commission, Attorney General, and other
agencies deemed appropriate by Secretary
The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with
the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
and the Attorney General and other agencies as
the Secretary deems appropriate, shall conduct
a study of the extent to which producers, refiners, and other suppliers of motor fuel subsidize
the sale of such motor fuel at retail or wholesale
with profits obtained from other operations.

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(b) Scope
Such study shall examine—
(1) the role of vertically integrated operations in facilitating subsidization of sales of
motor fuel at wholesale or retail;
(2) the extent to which such subsidization is
predatory and presents a threat to competition;
(3) the profitability of various segments of
the petroleum industry;
(4) the impact of prohibiting such subsidization on the competitive viability of various
segments of the petroleum industry, on prices
of motor fuel to consumers and on the health
and structure of the petroleum industry as a
whole; and
(5) such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) Notice to interested parties and opportunity
to present written and oral data, views and
arguments
In conducting the study required by this section, the Secretary shall give appropriate notice
and afford interested persons an opportunity to
present written and oral data, views and arguments concerning such study.
(d) Report to Congress; contents and time for
submission; Presidential promulgation of
rules establishing interim measures; submission date and duration of interim measures;
Congressional approval of interim measures
(1) The Secretary shall report the results of
the study required by this section, together with
such recommendations for legislative action and
such statistical evidence as he deems appropriate to the Congress on or before the expiration of the eighteenth month after June 19, 1978.
(2) If the President determines that interim
measures are necessary and appropriate to
maintain the competitive viability of the marketing sector of the petroleum industry during
Congressional consideration of the recommendations contained in the report submitted under
paragraph (1), he shall prescribe, by rule, in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 6393(a) of title 42 such interim measures.
(3) No interim measure proposed by the President under this section may be submitted after
January 1, 1980, and the effect of such measure
if approved by the Congress under paragraph (4)
may not extend beyond 18 months after such
Congressional approval.
(4) Such interim measure shall not take effect
unless approved by both Houses of Congress as if
it were a contingency plan under section 6422 of
title 42: Provided, That the 60-day period referred
to in such section shall be extended to 90 days
for purposes of this section.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Pub. L. 95–297, title III, § 301, June 19, 1978, 92
Stat. 337.)
CHAPTER 56—NATIONAL CLIMATE
PROGRAM
Sec.

2901.

Findings.

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Sec.

2902.
2903.
2904.
2905.
2906.
2907.
2908.

Purpose.
Definitions.
National Climate Program.
Repealed.
Annual report.
Contract and grant authority; records and audits.
Authorization of appropriations.

§ 2901. Findings
The Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) Weather and climate change affect food
production, energy use, land use, water resources and other factors vital to national security and human welfare.
(2) An ability to anticipate natural and maninduced changes in climate would contribute
to the soundness of policy decisions in the
public and private sectors.
(3) Significant improvements in the ability
to forecast climate on an intermediate and
long-term basis are possible.
(4) Information regarding climate is not
being fully disseminated or used, and Federal
efforts have given insufficient attention to assessing and applying this information.
(5) Climate fluctuation and change occur on
a global basis, and deficiencies exist in the
system for monitoring global climate changes.
International cooperation for the purpose of
sharing the benefits and costs of a global effort to understand climate is essential.
(6) The United States lacks a well-defined
and coordinated program in climate-related
research, monitoring, assessment of effects,
and information utilization.
(Pub. L. 95–367, § 2, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 601.)
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 95–367 provided: ‘‘That this Act
[enacting this chapter, amending section 25 of former
Title 31, Money and Finance, and enacting provisions
set out as a note under section 25 of former Title 31]
may be cited as the ‘National Climate Program Act’.’’
GLOBAL CLIMATE PROTECTION
Pub. L. 100–204, title XI, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1407,
as amended by Pub. L. 103–199, title VI, § 603(1), Dec. 17,
1993, 107 Stat. 2327, provided that:
‘‘SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This title [this note] may be cited as the ‘Global Climate Protection Act of 1987’.
‘‘SEC. 1102. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds as follows:
‘‘(1) There exists evidence that manmade pollution—the release of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and other trace gases into the atmosphere—may be producing a long-term and substantial increase in the average temperature on
Earth, a phenomenon known as global warming
through the greenhouse effect.
‘‘(2) By early in the next century, an increase in
Earth temperature could—
‘‘(A) so alter global weather patterns as to have
an effect on existing agricultural production and on
the habitability of large portions of the Earth; and
‘‘(B) cause thermal expansion of the oceans and
partial melting of the polar ice caps and glaciers,
resulting in rising sea levels.
‘‘(3) Important research into the problem of climate
change is now being conducted by various United
States Government and international agencies, and
the continuation and intensification of those efforts

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will be crucial to the development of an effective
United States response.
‘‘(4) While the consequences of the greenhouse effect may not be fully manifest until the next century,
ongoing pollution and deforestation may be contributing now to an irreversible process. Necessary actions must be identified and implemented in time to
protect the climate.
‘‘(5) The global nature of this problem will require
vigorous efforts to achieve international cooperation
aimed at minimizing and responding to adverse climate change; such international cooperation will be
greatly enhanced by United States leadership. A key
step in international cooperation will be the meeting
of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program, scheduled for June 1989, which will
seek to determine a direction for worldwide efforts to
control global climate change.
‘‘(6) Effective United States leadership in the international arena will depend upon a coordinated national policy.
‘‘SEC. 1103. MANDATE FOR ACTION ON THE GLOBAL
CLIMATE.
‘‘(a) GOALS OF UNITED STATES POLICY.—United States
policy should seek to—
‘‘(1) increase worldwide understanding of the greenhouse effect and its environmental and health consequences;
‘‘(2) foster cooperation among nations to develop
more extensive and coordinated scientific research efforts with respect to the greenhouse effect;
‘‘(3) identify technologies and activities to limit
mankind’s adverse effect on the global climate by—
‘‘(A) slowing the rate of increase of concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in the
near term; and
‘‘(B) stabilizing or reducing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases over the long term;
and
‘‘(4) work toward multilateral agreements.
‘‘(b) FORMULATION OF UNITED STATES POLICY.—The
President, through the Environmental Protection
Agency, shall be responsible for developing and proposing to Congress a coordinated national policy on global
climate change. Such policy formulation shall consider
research findings of the Committee on Earth Sciences
of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science and Engineering Technology, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the National
Aeronautic and Space Administration, the Department
of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and
other organizations engaged in the conduct of scientific
research.
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF UNITED STATES POLICY IN THE
INTERNATIONAL ARENA.—The Secretary of State shall be
responsible to coordinate those aspects of United
States policy requiring action through the channels of
multilateral diplomacy, including the United Nations
Environment Program and other international organizations. In the formulation of these elements of United
States policy, the Secretary of State shall, under the
direction of the President, work jointly with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
and other United States agencies concerned with environmental protection, consistent with applicable Federal law.
‘‘SEC. 1104. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
‘‘Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1987], the Secretary of State
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly submit to all committees of
jurisdiction in the Congress a report which shall include—
‘‘(1) a summary analysis of current international
scientific understanding of the greenhouse effect, including its environmental and health consequences;
‘‘(2) an assessment of United States efforts to gain
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‘‘(3) a description of the strategy by which the
United States intends to seek further international
cooperation to limit global climate change.
‘‘SEC. 1105. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF GLOBAL CLIMATE PROTECTION.
‘‘In order to focus international attention and concern on the problem of global warming, and to foster
further work on multilateral treaties aimed at protecting the global climate, the Secretary of State shall undertake all necessary steps to promote, within the
United Nations system, the early designation of an
International Year of Global Climate Protection.
‘‘SEC. 1106. CLIMATE PROTECTION AND UNITED
STATES RELATIONS WITH THE INDEPENDENT
STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
‘‘In recognition of the respective leadership roles of
the United States and the independent states of the
former Soviet Union in the international arena, and of
the extent to which they are producers of atmospheric
pollutants, the Congress urges that the President accord the problem of climate protection a high priority
on the agenda of United States relations with the independent states.’’

§ 2902. Purpose
It is the purpose of the Congress in this chapter to establish a national climate program that
will assist the Nation and the world to understand and respond to natural and man-induced
climate processes and their implications.
(Pub. L. 95–367, § 3, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 601.)
§ 2903. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Climate
Program Policy Board.
(2) The term ‘‘Office’’ means the National
Climate Program Office.
(3) The term ‘‘Program’’ means the National
Climate Program.
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Commerce.
(Pub. L. 95–367, § 4, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 601;
Pub. L. 99–272, title VI, § 6084(a), Apr. 7, 1986, 100
Stat. 136.)
AMENDMENTS
1986—Pub. L. 99–272 added par. (1) and redesignated
former pars. (1) to (3) as (2) to (4), respectively.

§ 2904. National Climate Program
(a) Establishment
The President shall establish a National Climate Program in accordance with the provisions, findings and purposes of this chapter.
(b) Duties
The President shall—
(1) promulgate the 5-year plans described in
subsection (d)(9) of this section;
(2) define the roles in the Program of Federal officers, departments, and agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Interior, State, and
Transportation; the Environmental Protection
Agency; the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; the Council on Environmental Quality; the National Science Foundation; and the Office of Science and Technology
Policy; and

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(3) provide for Program coordination.
(c) National Climate Program Office
(1) The Secretary shall establish within the
Department of Commerce a National Climate
Program Office not later than 30 days after September 17, 1978.
(2) The Office shall—
(A) serve as the lead entity responsible for
administering the program;
(B) be headed by a Director who shall represent the Climate Program Policy Board and
shall be spokesperson for the program;
(C) serve as the staff for the Board and its
supporting committees and working groups;
(D) review each agency budget request transmitted under subsection (g)(1) of this section
and submit an analysis of the requests to the
Board for its review;
(E) be responsible for coordinating interagency participation in international climaterelated activities; and
(F) work with the National Academy of Sciences and other private, academic, State, and
local groups in preparing and implementing
the 5-year plan (described in subsection (d)(9)
of this section) and the program.
The analysis described in subparagraph (D) shall
include an analysis of how each agency’s budget
request relates to the priorities and goals of the
program established pursuant to this chapter.
(3) The Secretary may provide, through the
Office, financial assistance, in the form of contracts or grants or cooperative agreements, for
climate-related activities which are needed to
meet the goals and priorities of the program set
forth in the 5-year plan pursuant to subsection
(d)(9) of this section, if such goals and priorities
are not being adequately addressed by any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality.
(4) Each Federal officer, employee, department
and agency involved in the Program shall cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out the
provisions of this chapter.
(d) Program elements
The Program shall include, but not be limited
to, the following elements:
(1) assessments of the effect of climate on
the natural environment, agricultural production, energy supply and demand, land and
water resources, transportation, human health
and national security. Such assessments shall
be conducted to the maximum extent possible
by those Federal agencies having national programs in food, fiber, raw materials, energy,
transportation, land and water management,
and other such responsibilities, in accordance
with existing laws and regulations. Where appropriate such assessments may include recommendations for action;
(2) basic and applied research to improve the
understanding of climate processes, natural
and man induced, and the social, economic,
and political implications of climate change;
(3) methods for improving climate forecasts
on a monthly, seasonal, yearly, and longer
basis;
(4) global data collection, and monitoring
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(5) systems for the management and active
dissemination of climatological data, information and assessments, including mechanisms
for consultation with current and potential
users;
(6) measures for increasing international cooperation in climate research, monitoring,
analysis and data dissemination;
(7) mechanisms for intergovernmental climate-related studies and services including
participation by universities, the private sector and others concerned with applied research
and advisory services. Such mechanisms may
provide, among others, for the following State
and regional services and functions: (A) studies relating to and analyses of climatic effects
on agricultural production, water resources,
energy needs, and other critical sectors of the
economy; (B) atmospheric data collection and
monitoring on a statewide and regional basis;
(C) advice to regional, State, and local government agencies regarding climate-related issues; (D) information to users within the State
regarding climate and climatic effects; and (E)
information to the Secretary regarding the
needs of persons within the States for climaterelated services, information, and data. The
Secretary may make annual grants to any
State or group of States, which grants shall be
made available to public or private educational institutions, to State agencies, and to
other persons or institutions qualified to conduct climate-related studies or provide climate-related services;
(8) experimental climate forecast centers,
which shall (A) be responsible for making and
routinely updating experimental climate forecasts of a monthly, seasonal, annual, and
longer nature, based on a variety of experimental techniques; (B) establish procedures to
have forecasts reviewed and their accuracy
evaluated; and (C) protect against premature
reliance on such experimental forecasts; and
(9) a preliminary 5-year plan, to be submitted to the Congress for review and comment,
not later than 180 days after September 17,
1978, and a final 5-year plan to be submitted to
the Congress not later than 1 year after September 17, 1978, that shall be revised and extended at least once every four years. Each
plan shall establish the goals and priorities for
the Program, including the intergovernmental
program described in paragraph (7), over the
subsequent 5-year period, and shall contain details regarding (A) the role of Federal agencies
in the programs, (B) Federal funding required
to enable the Program to achieve such goals,
and (C) Program accomplishments that must
be achieved to ensure that Program goals are
met within the time frame established by the
plan.
(e) Climate Program Policy Board
(1) The Secretary shall establish and maintain
an interagency Climate Program Policy Board,
consisting of representatives of the Federal
agencies specified in subsection (b)(2) of this section and any other agency which the Secretary
determines should participate in the Program.
(2) The Board shall—
(A) be responsible for coordinated planning
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(B) review all agency and department budget
requests related to climate transmitted under
subsection (g)(1) of this section and submit a
report to the Office of Management and Budget concerning such budget requests;
(C) establish and maintain such interagency
groups as the Board determines to be necessary to carry out its activities; and
(D) consult with and seek the advice of users
and producers of climate data, information,
and services to guide the Board’s efforts, keeping the Director and the Congress advised of
such contacts.
(3) The Board biennially shall select a Chair
from among its members. A Board member who
is a representative of an agency may not serve
as Chair of the Board for a term if an individual
who represented that same agency on the Board
served as the Board’s Chair for the previous
term.
(f) Cooperation
(1) The Program shall be conducted so as to
encourage cooperation with, and participation
in the Program by, other organizations or agencies involved in related activities. For this purpose the Secretary shall cooperate and participate with other Federal agencies, and foreign,
international, and domestic organizations and
agencies involved in international or domestic
climate-related programs.
(2) The Secretary and the Secretary of State
shall cooperate with the Office in (A) providing
representation at climate-related international
meetings and conferences in which the United
States participates, and (B) coordinating the activities of the Program with the climate programs of other nations and international agencies and organizations, including the World Meteorological Organization, the International
Council of Scientific Unions, the United Nations
Environmental Program, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization, and Food
and Agriculture Organization.
(g) Budgeting
Each Federal agency and department participating in the Program, shall prepare and submit
to the Office of Management and Budget, on or
before the date of submission of departmental
requests for appropriations to the Office of Management and Budget, an annual request for appropriations for the Program for the subsequent
fiscal year and shall transmit a copy of such request to the National Climate Program Office.
The Office of Management and Budget shall review the request for appropriations as an integrated, coherent, multiagency request.
(Pub. L. 95–367, § 5(a)–(g)(1), Sept. 17, 1978, 92
Stat. 601–603; Pub. L. 99–272, title VI, § 6084(b)–(f),
Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 136, 137.)
CODIFICATION
Subsec. (g) of this section in the original was par. (1)
of section 5(g) of Pub. L. 95–367 and has been set out
without such par. (1) designation for purposes of codification. For classification of par. (2) of section 5(g) to
the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–272, § 6084(b), designated
first sentence as par. (1), substituted pars. (2) and (3) for

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second sentence which provided that ‘‘The Office shall
be the lead entity responsible for administering the
Program’’, and designated third sentence as par. (4).
Subsec. (d)(7). Pub. L. 99–272, § 6084(c)(1), inserted provision that such mechanisms may provide, among others, for certain enumerated State and regional services
and functions.
Subsec. (d)(9). Pub. L. 99–272, § 6084(c)(2), (3), substituted ‘‘at least once every four years’’ for ‘‘biennially’’ and ‘‘described in paragraph (7)’’ for ‘‘under section 2905 of this title’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99–272, § 6084(d), substituted provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of
the Climate Program Policy Board for provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of an advisory committee and interagency groups.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 99–272, § 6084(e), substituted
‘‘shall cooperate with the Office in’’ for ‘‘shall cooperate in’’.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 99–272, § 6084(f), inserted provision
requiring each Federal agency and department participating in the Program to transmit a copy of such request to the National Climate Program Office.

§ 2905. Repealed. Pub. L. 99–272, title
§ 6084(g), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 137

VI,

Section, Pub. L. 95–367, § 6, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 603,
related to establishment and requirements of intergovernmental climate programs.

§ 2906. Annual report
The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the
President and the authorizing committees of the
Congress, not later than March 31 of each year,
a report on the activities conducted pursuant to
this chapter during the preceding fiscal year, including—
(a) a summary of the achievements of the
Program during the previous fiscal year;
(b) an analysis of the progress made toward
achieving the goals and objectives of the Program;
(c) a copy of the 5-year plan and any changes
made in such plan;
(d) a summary of the multiagency budget request for the Program of section 2904(g) of this
title; and
(e) any recommendations for additional legislation which may be required to assist in
achieving the purposes of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 95–367, § 7, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 604;
Pub. L. 97–375, title II, § 202(b), Dec. 21, 1982, 96
Stat. 1822.)

fully disclose the amount and disposition by
such person or entity of such funds, the total
cost of the activities for which such funds were
so made available, the amount of that portion of
such cost supplied from other sources, and such
other records as will facilitate an effective
audit.
(2) The Director of the Office and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of
their duly authorized representatives, shall,
until the expiration of 3 years after the completion of the activities (referred to in paragraph
(1)) of any person or entity pursuant to any contract or grant arrangement referred to in subsection (a) of this section, have access for the
purpose of audit and examination to any books,
documents, papers, and records of such person or
entity which, in the judgment of the Director or
the Comptroller General, may be related or pertinent to such contract or grant arrangement.
(Pub. L. 95–367, § 8, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 604.)
§ 2908. Authorization of appropriations
In addition to any other funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of
conducting climate-related programs, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary,
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this chapter, not to exceed $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, not to exceed
$65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1980, and not to exceed $25,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, of which
amount not less than $2,653,000 shall be made directly available to the National Climate Program Office in the form of a budget item separate from the activities of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
(Pub. L. 95–367, § 9, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 605;
Pub. L. 96–547, § 1, Dec. 18, 1980, 94 Stat. 3217.)
AMENDMENTS
1980—Pub. L. 96–547 revised former subsec. (a) into entire section with additional provisions relating to fiscal
year ending Sept. 30, 1981, and struck out subsec. (b)
setting forth authorization of appropriations for
grants.

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Sec.

2921.

AMENDMENTS
1982—Pub. L. 97–375 substituted ‘‘March 31’’ for ‘‘January 30’’.

§ 2907. Contract and grant authority; records and
audits
(a) Functions vested in any Federal officer or
agency by this chapter or under the Program
may be exercised through the facilities and personnel of the agency involved or, to the extent
provided or approved in advance in appropriation Acts, by other persons or entities under
contracts or grant arrangements entered into by
such officer or agency.
(b)(1) Each person or entity to which Federal
funds are made available under a contract or
grant arrangement as authorized by this chapter
shall keep such records as the Director of the
Office shall prescribe, including records which

Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER I—UNITED STATES GLOBAL
CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM

2931.
2932.
2933.
2934.
2935.
2936.
2937.
2938.

Findings and purpose.
Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences.
United States Global Change Research Program.
National Global Change Research Plan.
Budget coordination.
Scientific assessment.
Omitted.
Relation to other authorities.

SUBCHAPTER II—INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
2951.
2952.
2953.

Findings and purposes.
International discussions.
Global Change Research Information Office.
SUBCHAPTER III—GROWTH DECISION AID

2961.

Study and decision aid.