30 U.S.C. § 1121 : US Code - Section 1121: Formation of Project

Search 30 U.S.C. § 1121 : US Code - Section 1121: Formation of Project

(a) Establishment
There is hereby established the Geothermal Energy Coordination
and Management Project.
(b) Composition; members and chairman
(1) The Project shall be composed of six members as follows:
(A) one appointed by the President;
(B) an Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation;
(C) an Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior;
(D) an Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration;
(E) the Assistant Administrator of the Energy Research and
Development Administration for Solar, Geothermal, and Advanced
Energy Systems;
(F) an Assistant Administrator of the Federal Energy
Administration;
(G) an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(H) an Assistant Secretary of Treasury; and
(I) an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) The President shall designate the Assistant Administrator of
the Energy Research and Development Administration for Solar,
Geothermal, and Advanced Energy Systems to serve as Chairman of the
Project.
(3) If the individual appointed under paragraph (1)(A) of this
subsection is an officer or employee of the Federal Government, he
shall receive no additional pay on account of his service as a
member of the Project. If such individual is not an officer or
employee of the Federal Government, he shall be entitled to receive
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for
level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315) for each day
(including traveltime) during which he is engaged in the actual
performance of duties vested in the Project.
(c) Responsibility for geothermal energy research, development, and
demonstration program
The Project shall have overall responsibility for the provision
of effective management and coordination with respect to a national
geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program.
Such program shall include -
(1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base;
(2) research and development with respect to exploration,
extraction, and utilization technologies;
(3) the demonstration of appropriate technologies; and
(4) the loan guaranty program under subchapter II of this
chapter.
(d) Allocation of functions to certain agencies; loaning of
personnel
(1) The Project shall carry out its responsibilities under this
section acting through the following Federal agencies:
(A) the Department of the Interior, the responsibilities of
which shall include evaluation and assessment of the resource
base, including development of exploration technologies;
(B) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
responsibilities of which shall include the provision of contract
management capability, evaluation and assessment of the resource
base, and the development of technologies pursuant to section
1122(b) of this title;
(C) the Atomic Energy Commission, the responsibilities of which
shall include the development of technologies; and
(D) the National Science Foundation, the responsibilities of
which shall include basic and applied research.
(2) Upon request of the Project, the head of any such agency is
authorized to detail or assign, on a reimbursable basis or
otherwise, any of the personnel of such agency to the Project to
assist it in carrying out its responsibilities under this chapter.
(e) Exclusive authority of the Project
The Project shall have exclusive authority with respect to the
establishment or approval of programs or projects initiated under
this chapter, except that the agency involved in any particular
program or project shall be responsible for the operation and
administration of such program or project.