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 91 STAT. 986

PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977 (9) in order to promote the coordination of agricultural research of the Department of Agriculture, conduct a continuing inventory of ongoing and completed research projects being conducted within or funded by the Department. FEDERAL. SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOOD AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES

SEC. 1406. Section 401(h) of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 471; 42 U.S.C. 6651(h)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Among such standing subcommittees and panels of the Council shall be the Subcommittee on Food and Renewable Resources. This subcommittee shall review Federal research and development programs relevant to domestic and world food and fiber production and distribution, promote planning and coordination of this research in the Federal Government, and recommend policies and other measures concerning the food and agricultural sciences for the consideration of the Council. The subcommittee shall include, but not be limited to, representatives of each of the following departments or agencies; the Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The principal representatives of the Department of Agriculture shall serve as the chairman of the subcommittee." JOINT COUNCIL ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Establishment.

7 USC 3122. Membership.

Responsibilities.

SEC. 1407. (a) The Secretary shall establish within the Department of Agriculture a committee to be known as the Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences which shall have a term of five years. (b) The Joint Council shall be composed of representatives from the Department of Agriculture and those of its agencies with significant research and extension responsibilites, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the land-grant colleges and universities. State agricultural experiment stations. State cooperative extension services, and those colleges and universities, other public and private institutions, producers, and representatives of the public who are interested in and have a potential to contribute, as determined by the Secretary, to the formulation of national policy in the food and agricultural sciences. The Joint Council shall be jointly chaired by the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture responsible for research, extension, and teaching, and a person to be elected from among the non-Federal membership of the Joint Council. (c) The Joint Council shall meet at least once during each threemonth period. At least one meeting each year shall be a combined meeting with the Advisory Board. (d)(1) The primary responsibility of the Joint Council shall be to foster coordination of the agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities of the Federal Government, the States, colleges and universities, and other public and private institutions and persons involved in the food and agricultural sciences. (2) The Joint Council's responsibilities shall also be to—

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