42 U.S.C. § 8820 : US Code - Section 8820: Office of Alcohol Fuels

Search 42 U.S.C. § 8820 : US Code - Section 8820: Office of Alcohol Fuels

(a) Establishment in Department of Energy; appointment and
compensation of Director
There is hereby established within the Department of Energy an
Office of Alcohol Fuels (hereinafter in this section referred to as
the "Office") 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.
(b) Responsibilities of Director
(1) The Director shall be responsible for carrying out the
functions of the Secretary of Energy under this subchapter which
relate to alcohol, including the terms and conditions of financial
assistance and the selection of recipients for that assistance,
subject to the general supervision of the Secretary of Energy.
(2) The Director shall be responsible directly to the Secretary
of Energy.
(c) Annual authorization and appropriation requests for support of
Office
In each annual authorization and appropriation request, the
Secretary shall identify the portion thereof intended for the
support of the Office and include a statement by the Office (1)
showing the amount requested by the Office in its budgetary
presentation to the Secretary and the Office of Management and
Budget and (2) an assessment of the budgetary needs of the Office.
Whenever the Office submits to the Secretary, the President, or the
Office of Management and Budget, any formal legislative
recommendation or testimony, or comments on legislation, prepared
for submission to Congress, the Office shall concurrently transmit
a copy thereof to the appropriate committees of Congress.
(d) Consultations respecting coordination of programs
The Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Director,
shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Administrator of the Community Services
Administration, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, or their appointed representatives, in order to coordinate
the programs under the Director's responsibility with other
programs within the Department of Energy and in such Federal
agencies, which are related to the production of alcohol.