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 91 STAT. 728

Reports to Coordinating Committee.

Report to congressional committees.

PUBLIC LAW 95-95—AUG. 7, 1977 appropriate official responsible for the relevant research efforts of each of the following agencies: "(A) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "(B) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, "(C) the Federal Aviation Administration, "(D) the Department of Agriculture, " (E) the National Cancer Institute, " (F) the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "(G) the National Science Foundation, and the appropriate officials responsible for the relevant research efforts of such other agencies carrying out related efforts as the Chairman shall designate. A representative of the Department of State shall sit on the Coordinating Committee to encourage and facilitate international coordination. "(3) The Coordinating Committee shall review and comment on plans for, and the execution and results of, pertinent research and studies. For this purpose, the agencies named in or designated under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall make appropriate and timely reports to the Coordinating Committee on plans for and the execution and results of such research and studies. " (4) The Chairman may request a report from any Federal Agency for the purpose of determining if that agency should sit on the Coordinating Committee. "(g) Not later than January 1, 1978, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator shall report to the appropriate conmiittees of the House and the Senate, the results of the studies and research conducted under this section and the results of related research and studies conducted by other Federal agencies. "RESEARCH AND MONITORING BY OTHER AGENCIES

42 USC 7454.

Reports to Administrator and Congress.

42 USC 2481.

Reports to Administrator and Congress.

Reports to Administrator and Congress.

"SEC. 154. (a) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall establish a continuing program of research and monitoring of the stratosphere for the purpose of early detection of changes in the stratosphere and climatic effects of such changes. Such Administrator shall on or before January 1, 1978, and biennially thereafter, transmit such report to the Administrator and the Congress on the findings of such research and monitoring. Such report shall contain any appropriate recommendations for legislation or regulation (or both). "(b) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall, pursuant to its authority under title IV of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, continue programs of research, technolo<ry, and monitoring of the stratosphere for the purpose of understanding the physics and chemistry of the stratosphere and for the early detection of potentially harmful changes in the ozone in the stratosphere. Such Administration shall transmit reports by January 1, 1978, and biennially thereafter to the Administrator and the Congress on the results of the programs authorized in this subsection, together with any appropriate recommendations for legislation or regulation (or both). " (c) The Director of the National Science Foundation shall encourage and support ongoing stratospheric research programs and continuing research programs that will increase scientific knowledcre of the effects of changes in the ozone laver in the stratosphere upon living organisms and ecosystems. Such Director shall transmit reports by January 1, 1978, and biennially thereafter to the Administrator and

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