Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/265

 PUBLIC LAW 96-386—OCT. 7, 1980

94 STAT. 1543

(5) institutional, environmental, and economic factors limiting, or prospectively limiting, efforts to achieve commercial application of magnetic fusion energy systems. (e) The technical board shall submit to the Energy Research Written report. Advisory Board on at least a triennial basis a written report of its findings and recommendations with regard to the magnetic fusion program. (f) After consideration of the technical panel report, the Energy Report to Research Advisory Board shall submit such report, together with any Secretary. comments such Board deems appropriate, to the Secretary. PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEES

SEC. 8. The Secretary may direct the director of each laboratory or installation at which a major magnetic fusion facility is operated for, or funded primarily by, the Federal Government to establish, for the sole purpose of providing advice to such director, a program advisory committee composed of persons with expertise in magnetic fusion from such domestic industry, universities, government laboratories, and other scientific and technical organizations as such director deems appropriate.

42 USC 9307.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

SEC. 9. (a)(1) The Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of State shall actively seek to enter into or to strengthen existing international cooperative agreements in magnetic fusion research and development activities of mutual benefit to all parties. (2) The Secretary shall seek to achieve equitable exchange of information, data, scientific personnel, and other considerations in the conduct of cooperative efforts with technologically advanced nations. (b)(1) The Secretary shall examine the potential impacts on the national magnetic fusion program of United States participation in an international effort to construct fusion engineering devices. (2) The Secretary shall explore, to the extent feasible, the prospects for joint financial participation by other nations with the United States in the construction of a fusion engineering device. (3) Within two years of the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall transmit to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources the results of such examinations and explorations with his recommendations for construction of a national or international fusion engineering device: Provided, however, That such examinations and explorations shall not have the effect of delaying design activities related to a national fusion engineering device.

42 USC 9308.

Magnetic fusion, examination and exploration.

Results, transmittal to congressional committees.

TECHNICAL MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 10. (a) The Secretary shall assess the adequacy of the projected United States supply of manpower in the engineering and scientific disciplines required to achieve the purposes of this Act taking cognizance of the other demands likely to be placed on such manpower supply. (b) The Secretary shall within one year of the date of enactment of this Act submit a report to the President and to the Congress setting forth his assessment along with his recommendations regarding the

42 USC 9309.

Report to President and Congress.

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