42 U.S.C. § 5553 : US Code - Section 5553: Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5553 : US Code - Section 5553: Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project

(a) Establishment
There is hereby established the Solar Energy Coordination and
Management Project.
(b) Membership; chairman; compensation
(1) The Project shall be composed of six members as follows:
(A) an Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation;
(B) an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(C) a member of the Federal Power Commission;
(D) an Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration;
(E) the General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission; and
(F) a member to be designated by the President.
(2) The President shall designate one member of the Project to
serve as Chairman of the Project.
(3) If the individual designated under paragraph (1)(F) 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) Responsibilities
The Project shall have overall responsibility for the provision
of effective management and coordination with respect to a national
solar energy research, development, and demonstration program,
including -
(1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base,
including its temporal and geographic characteristics;
(2) research and development on solar energy technologies; and
(3) the demonstration of appropriate solar energy technologies.
(d) Cooperation with other Federal agencies; assignment of other
Federal agency personnel to Project
(1) The Project shall carry out its responsibilities under this
section in cooperation with the following Federal agencies:
(A) the National Science Foundation, the responsibilities of
which shall include research;
(B) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
responsibilities of which shall include the provision of
management capability and the development of technologies;
(C) the Atomic Energy Commission, the responsibilities of which
shall include the development of technologies;
(D) the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the
responsibilities of which shall include fostering the utilization
of solar energy for the heating and cooling of buildings,
pursuant to subchapter I of this chapter; and
(E) the Federal Power Commission, the responsibilities of which
shall include fostering the utilization of solar energy for the
generation of electricity and for the production of synthetic
fuels.
(2) Upon request of the Chairman, 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
subchapter.
(e) Establishment or approval of program or project; operation and
administration of program or project
The Project shall have exclusive authority with respect to the
establishment or approval of programs or projects initiated under
this subchapter, but the agency involved in any particular program
or project shall be responsible for the operation and
administration of such program or project.
(f) Authorization of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
to undertake and carry out assigned programs
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is authorized
to undertake and carry out those programs assigned to it by the
Project.