There is hereby established the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project.
(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.
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.
(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.
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.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is authorized to undertake and carry out those programs assigned to it by the Project.
(Pub. L. 93–473, §4, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1432.)
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