15 1 and other experts as may be necessary for the carrying out 2 of the duties and functions of the Council and of the Chair3 man, without regard to the civil service laws, and is au4 thorized to select, appoint, and employ, subject to the civil 5 service laws, such other officers and employees as may be 6 necessary for carrying out the duties and functions of the 7 Council and of the Chairman. 8 9 REORGANIZATIONS SEC. 205. (a) The President shall from time to time 10 examine the organization of the Council and shall deter11 mine what changes, if any, are necessary to reduce ex12 penditures and promote economy and efficiency; and to 13 increase the Council's and the Chairman's capacity to render 14 their analyses, examinations, advice, and counsel, by re15 duction or increase in the number of members on such 16 Council or by reduction, expansion, or alteration of the 17 duties and functions of the Council or of its Chairman. When 18 the President, after investigation, finds that any of such 19 changes would promote the policies and purposes of this 20 Act, he may prepare a reorganization plan for effecting the 21 change or changes involved, and submit such plan to the 22 Congress, together with his findings and a statement of 23 reasons for the proposed change or changes, and shall have 24 any such reorganization plan delivered to both Houses on 25 the same day and to each House while it is in session. 1 2 3 4 5 16 (b) A provision contained in a reorganization plan shall take effect at the end of the first period of sixty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after such plan is transmitted to it (such days of continuous session to be computed in accordance with section 906 (b) of title 5, United States 6 Code) unless, between the date of transmittal and the end of 7 the sixty-day period, cach House has passed a resolution stat 8 ing in substance that that House does not favor the reorga 9 nization plan. However, no such plan shall take effect unless it is submitted to Congress before January 3, 1980. 10 11 (c) The provisions of sections 908 through 913 of title 12 5, United States Code, shall apply with respect to any reor13 ganization plan transmitted to the Congress pursuant to sub14 section (a) of this section. 15 (d) A reorganization plan which is effective shall be 16 printed (1) in the Statutes at Large in the same volume as 17 the public laws, and (2) in the Federal Register. 18 19 AUTHORIZATION SEC. 206. There are authorized to be appropriated for 20 fiscal year 1976 and thereafter such sums as may be neces21 sary to carry out the purposes of this title. 17 1 TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND 2 3 4 TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS ESTABLISHMENT; SECRETARY; DEPUTY SECRETARY SEC. 301. (a) There is established in the executive 5 branch a department to be known as the Department of 6 Research and Technology Operations (hereinafter in this title 7 referred to as the "Department"). There shall be at the head 8 of the Department a Secretary (hereinafter in this title 9 referred to as the "Secretary"), and a Deputy Secretary, each 10 of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 11 advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Secretary 12 shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Secretary during 13 the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event 14 of a vacancy in the office of Secretary. 15 (b) The Secretary shall receive basic pay at the rate 16 provided for level I of the Executive Schedule under section 17 5312 of title 5, United States Code. The Deputy Secretary 18 shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level II of 19 the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of such title. 20 21 PURPOSE AND FUNCTION SEC. 302. It shall be the purpose and function of the 22 Department— 18 (1) to provide a centralized administrative resource. to certain key agencies and instrumentalities of the Fed eral Government whose primary mission is scientific or technical research and development, as specified in section 303; (2) to assist those agencies and instrumentalities in improving the coordination and interaction of their respective current programs and activities; (3) to serve as the organizational repository for any major new national scientific or technological research or development programs not within the jurisdiction of those key agencies and instrumentalities or of other Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities; (4) to promote, in accordance with the provisions of title I, such technology assessment activities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, and, upon request, to assist all Federal agencies and instrumentalities in the conduct of such assessment activities; (5) to provide, insofar as is practicable with the resources allocated to it, all Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities with such scientific and technical knowledge, information, expertise, research facilities, or management as they may request, such facilities and services to be provided on a reimbursable basis where and to the extent it is practicable and reasonable; 19 (6) to provide to the President and the Congress an annual review of Federal statutes governing the de partments, agencies, and instrumentalities charged with conducting scientific and technological research and development (including those administratively located within the Department) for the purpose of proposing the elimination of actually or potentially redundant, obsolescent, or inefficient programs or activities, or of advanc ing previously neglected or omitted fields or areas of endeavor; (7) to provide to the President and the Congress an annual review of the administrative regulations of all those Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities (including those administratively located within the Department) which, on more than an incidental basis, contract with private organizations for scientific or technical research or development, such review to be for the purpose of proposing the elimination or alteration of those regulations which are redundant, obsolescent, inefficient or inadequate, or for the purpose of proposing additional regulations; (8) to provide to the Office of Management and Budget an annual review of, and recommendations regarding, the proposed scientific or technical research or development budgets of all Federal departments, |