42 USC § 6631 - Establishment of Committee

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title: "42 USC § 6631 - Establishment of Committee"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6631"
section_name: "Establishment of Committee"
chapter_number: 79
chapter_name: "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–282, title III, § 301, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 468.)"
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# § 6631. Establishment of Committee

The President shall establish within the Executive Office of the President a President’s Committee on Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–282, title III, § 301, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 468.)

## Executive Documents

### Abolition of President’s Committee on Science and Technology; Transfer of Functions

The President’s Committee on Science and Technology, established pursuant to this subchapter, was abolished and its functions transferred to the President, by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1977, § 5A, 42 F.R. 56101, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective , as provided by section 1(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12039, , 43 F.R. 8095, set out under .