15 U.S.C. § 2935

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 2935 - Budget coordination

(a) Committee guidance

The Committee shall each year provide general guidance to each Federal agency or department participating in the Program with respect to the preparation of requests for appropriations for activities related to the Program.

(b) Submission of reports with agency appropriations requests

(1) Working in conjunction with the Committee, each Federal agency or department involved in global change research shall include with its annual request for appropriations submitted to the President under section 1108 of title 31 a report which-

(A) identifies each element of the proposed global change research activities of the agency or department;

(B) specifies whether each element (i) contributes directly to the Program or (ii) contributes indirectly but in important ways to the Program; and

(C) states the portion of its request for appropriations allocated to each element of the Program.

(2) Each agency or department that submits a report under paragraph (1) shall submit such report simultaneously to the Committee.

(c) Consideration in President's budget

(1) The President shall, in a timely fashion, provide the Committee with an opportunity to review and comment on the budget estimate of each agency and department involved in global change research in the context of the Plan.

(2) The President shall identify in each annual budget submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of title 31 those items in each agency's or department's annual budget which are elements of the Program.

15 U.S.C. § 2935

Pub. L. 101-606, title I, §105, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3100.

Committee: "Committee" means the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences established under section 2932 of this title;
Plan: "Plan" means the National Global Change Research Plan developed under section 2934 of this title, or any revision thereof; and
Program: "Program" means the United States Global Change Research Program established under section 2933 of this title.
global change research: "global change research" means study, monitoring, assessment, prediction, and information management activities to describe and understand-(A) the interactive physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system;(B) the unique environment that the Earth provides for life;(C) changes that are occurring in the Earth system; and(D) the manner in which such system, environment, and changes are influenced by human actions;