20 1 agencies, and instrumentalities (including those adinin istratively located within the Department), such review to be provided prior to the inclusion by the Office of such research and development budgets in the Federal budget, and such recommendations to be made only after consultation with the Council of Advisers on 6 7 Science and Technology. 8 9 ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFER SEC. 303. (a) The following governmental agencies 10 and instrumentalities shall be administratively located 11 within the Department, subject to the limitations and 12 restrictions specified in subsection (b): 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) the Energy Research and Development Administration; (3) the National Bureau of Standards; (4) the National Science Foundation; (5) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin istration; and (6) the Science and Technology Information Utilization Corporation. (b) Notwithstanding the organizational transfer to 24 the Department of the agencies and instrumentalities 25 named in subsection (a), such agencies and instrumentalities 21 1 shall, under the general supervision and direction of the 2 Secretary, operate in an independent manner in the conduct 3 of their various programs and activities, subject to the 4 specific limitation on budgetary authority provided under 5 sections 302 (8), 304 (6), and 306. The basic mission 6 and purpose of each such agency or instrumentality shall 7 not be modified or abridged as a result of its organizational 8 transfer to the Department in any manner other than as 9 specifically provided by this Act. 10 (c) The functions, personnel, property, records, and 11 unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other 12 funds employed, used, held, available or to be made avail13 able in connection with the functions of the agencies and 14 instrumentalities specified in subsection (a) shall not be 15 transferred to the Secretary, but shall remain in those 16 agencies and instrumentalities. 17 18 DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY SEC. 304. It shall be the duty and function of the 19 Secretary 20 222 21 (1) to continuously review the requirements of the agencies and instrumentalities specified in section 303 (a) for centralized administrative, clerical, legal, legislative or executive liaison, computer, or other services, and to develop, maintain, and administer such services; (2) to convene at regular intervals meetings of the 22 chief officers of the agencies and instrumentalities specified in section 303 (a), or of representatives selected by those officers, to examine the potential for expanding the interaction and cooperation of those agencies and instrumentalities in pursuing their various objectives, functions, programs, and activities; (3) to promote and undertake such scientific and technological research and development objectives, functions, programs, and activities, not within the present purview of the agencies and instrumentalities specified in section 303 (a), as may be hereafter adopted or created by statute, order, regulation, proclamation, or directive, and placed within his jurisdiction; (4) to compile, publish, and distribute to other Fed eral departments, agencies, and instrumentalities such scientific and technical data as becomes available to him, and to provide, in return for the transfer of funds, appropriations, allocations, or other credits, the services of such experts, consultants, research facilities, or contractors as he may employ, manage, or direct; (5) to direct, manage, and control the production, publication, and submission of the annual reviews de scribed in sections 302 (6) and 302 (7); (6) to promulgate, after consultation with the Federal Council of Science and Technology, rules 222 23 governing the definition of scientific or technological research or development expenditures and the submission for review of proposed scientific or technological research or development budgets of all Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities (including those administratively located within the Department), and to direct, manage, and control the production, publication, and submission of the annual review of, and recommendations regarding, those budgets as described in section 302 (8); (7) to report annually in writing to the appropriate committees of the Congress on personnel detailed to the Department pursuant to section 305 (b), and (8) to exercise leadership, under the direction of the President, in matters of scientific and technological research, and to undertake such additional duties and functions as the President may direct in furtherance of the policies, purposes and goals set forth in title I of this Act. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY SEC. 305. (a) In addition to the authority contained in 23 section 304, the Secretary is authorized 24 25 (1) to select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of such specialists and other experts as may be 24 necessary for the carrying out of his duties and functions, and to select, appoint, and employ, subject to the civil service laws, such other officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out his duties and functions; (2) to obtain services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, but at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals unless otherwise specified in an appropriation Act; (3) to provide for participation of such civilian and military personnel as may be detailed to the Department pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for carrying out the functions of the Department; (4) to delegate any of his functions, powers, and duties to such officers and employees of the Department as he may designate; to authorize such successive redelegations of such functions, powers, and duties as he may deem desirable; and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out such functions, powers, and duties, and to insure the propriety and effectiveness of such delegations and redelegations; (5) to establish a working capital fund, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses neces sary for the maintenance and operation of such central ized administrative services as he shall find desirable in |