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 PUBLIC LAW 95-91—AUG. 4, 1977

91 STAT. 577

(2) to require by subpena the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by this section, which subpena, in the case of contumacy or refusal to obey, shall be enforceable by order of any appropriate United States district court; and (3) to have direct and prompt access to the Secretary when necessary for any purpose pertaining to the performance of functions under this section. OFFICE o r EXERGY RESEARCH

SEC. 209. (a) There shall be within the Department an Office of Energy Research to be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. (b) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Director— (1) to advise the Secretary with respect to the physical research program transferred to the Department from the Energy Research and Development Administration; (2) to monitor the Department's energy research and development programs in order to advise the Secretary with respect to any undesirable duplication or gaps in such programs; (3) to advise the Secretary with respect to the well-being and management of the multipurpose laboratories under the jurisdiction of the Department, excluding laboratories that constitute part of the nuclear weapons complex; (4) to advise the Secretary with respect to education and training activities required for effective short- and long-term basic and applied research activities of the Department; (5) to advise the Secretary with respect to grants and other forms of financial assistance required for effective short- and longterm basic and applied research activities of the Department; and (6) to carry out such additional duties assigned to the Office by the Secretary relating to basic and applied research, including but not limited to supervision or support of research activities carried out by any of the Assistant Secretaries designated by section 203 of this Act. as the Secretary considers advantageous. LEASING LIAISON

Director. 42 USC 7139.

Duties and responsibilities.

COMMITTEE

SEC. 210. There is hereby established a Leasing Liaison Committee which shall be composed of an equal number of members appointed by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior.

Establishment. 42 USC 7140.

TITLE III—TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS GENERAL

TRANSFERS

SEC. 301. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, there are hereby transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary all of the functions vested by law in the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration or the Federal Energy Administration, the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration or the Energy Research and Development Administration; and the functions vested

Federal Energy Administration and Energy Research and Development Administration. 42 USC 7151.

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