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negatively affect the ability of the
1
United States to achieve the long-term
2
goal of the Strategy.
3
(iii) I
NTERNATIONAL TREATIES
.—The
4
Secretary of State, acting in conjunction
5
with the Interagency Task Force and using
6
the analytical tools available to the White
7
House Office, shall provide to the Director
8
of the White House Office an opinion that—
9
(I) specifies, to the maximum ex-
10
tent practicable, the economic and en-
11
vironmental costs and benefits of any
12
proposed international treaties or com-
13
ponents of treaties that have an influ-
14
ence on greenhouse gas management;
15
and
16
(II) assesses the extent to which
17
the treaties advance the long-term goal
18
of the Strategy, while minimizing ad-
19
verse short-term and long-term eco-
20
nomic and social impacts and consid-
21
ering other impacts.
22
(iv) C
ONSULTATION
.—
23
(I) W
ITH
MEMBERS
OF
INTER
-
24
AGENCY TASK FORCE
.—To the extent
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practicable and appropriate, the Direc-
1
tor of the White House Office shall con-
2
sult with all members of the Inter-
3
agency Task Force before providing ad-
4
vice to the President.
5
(II) W
ITH
OTHER
INTERESTED
6
PARTIES
.—The Director of the White
7
House Office shall establish a process
8
for obtaining the meaningful partici-
9
pation of Federal, State, tribal, and
10
local government agencies, nongovern-
11
mental organizations, academia, sci-
12
entific bodies, industry, the public, and
13
other interested parties in the develop-
14
ment and updating of the Strategy.
15
(D) P
UBLIC EDUCATION
,
AWARENESS
,
OUT
-
16
REACH
,
AND
INFORMATION
-
SHARING
.—The Di-
17
rector of the White House Office, to the max-
18
imum extent practicable, shall promote public
19
awareness, outreach, and information-sharing to
20
further the understanding of the full range of cli-
21
mate change-related issues.
22
(4) A
NNUAL
REPORTS
.—The Director of the
23
White House Office, in consultation with the Inter-
24
agency Task Force and other interested parties, shall
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prepare the annual reports for submission by the
1
President to Congress under section 1013(d).
2
(5) A
NALYSIS
.—During development of the
3
Strategy, preparation of the annual reports submitted
4
under paragraph (4), and provision of advice to the
5
President and the heads of Federal agencies, the Di-
6
rector of the White House Office shall place signifi-
7
cant emphasis on the use of objective, quantitative
8
analysis, taking into consideration any uncertainties
9
associated with the analysis.
10
(c) S
TAFF
.—
11
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Director of the White
12
House Office shall employ a professional staff, includ-
13
ing the staff appointed under paragraph (2), of not
14
more than 25 individuals to carry out the duties of
15
the White House Office.
16
(2) I
NTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL AND FEL
-
17
LOWSHIPS
.—The Director of the White House Office
18
may use the authority provided by the Intergovern-
19
mental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.)
20
and subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United
21
States Code, and fellowships, to obtain staff from Fed-
22
eral agencies, academia, scientific bodies, or a Na-
23
tional Laboratory (as that term is defined in section
24
1203), for appointments of a limited term.
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(d) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—
1
(1) U
SE OF AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS
.—From
2
funds made available to Federal agencies for the fiscal
3
year in which this title is enacted, the President shall
4
provide such sums as are necessary to carry out the
5
duties of the White House Office under this title until
6
the date on which funds are made available under
7
paragraph (2).
8
(2) A
UTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
.—
9
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Execu-
10
tive Office of the President to carry out the duties of
11
the White House Office under this subtitle, $5,000,000
12
for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011, to remain
13
available through September 30, 2011.
14
(e) I
NTERAGENCY
T
ASK
F
ORCE
.—
15
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Director of the White
16
House Office shall establish the Interagency Task
17
Force.
18
(2) C
OMPOSITION
.—The Interagency Task Force
19
shall be composed of—
20
(A) the Director of the White House Office,
21
who shall serve as Chair;
22
(B) the Secretary of State;
23
(C) the Secretary of Energy;
24
(D) the Secretary of Commerce;
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(E) the Secretary of Transportation;
1
(F) the Secretary of Agriculture;
2
(G) the Administrator of the Environmental
3
Protection Agency;
4
(H) the Chairman of the Council of Eco-
5
nomic Advisers;
6
(I) the Chairman of the Council on Envi-
7
ronmental Quality;
8
(J) the Director of the Office of Science and
9
Technology Policy;
10
(K) the Director of the Office of Manage-
11
ment and Budget; and
12
(L) the heads of such other Federal agencies
13
as the President considers appropriate.
14
(3) S
TRATEGY
.—
15
(A) I
N
GENERAL
.—The Interagency Task
16
Force shall serve as the primary forum through
17
which the Federal agencies represented on the
18
Interagency Task Force jointly assist the Direc-
19
tor of the White House Office in—
20
(i) developing and updating the Strat-
21
egy; and
22
(ii) preparing annual reports under
23
section 1013(d).
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(B) R
EQUIRED
ELEMENTS
.—In carrying
1
out subparagraph (A), the Interagency Task
2
Force shall—
3
(i) take into account the long-term goal
4
and other requirements of the Strategy spec-
5
ified in section 1013(a);
6
(ii) consult with State, tribal, and
7
local government agencies, nongovernmental
8
organizations, academia, scientific bodies,
9
industry, the public, and other interested
10
parties; and
11
(iii) build consensus around a Strategy
12
that is based on strong scientific, technical,
13
and economic analyses.
14
(4) W
ORKING GROUPS
.—The Chair, in consulta-
15
tion with the members of the Interagency Task Force,
16
may establish such topical working groups as are nec-
17
essary to carry out the duties of the Interagency Task
18
Force and implement the Strategy, taking into con-
19
sideration the key elements of the Strategy. Such
20
working groups may be comprised of members of the
21
Interagency Task Force or their designees.
22
(f) S
TAFF
.—In accordance with procedures established
23
by the Chair of the Interagency Task Force, the Federal
24
agencies represented on the Interagency Task Force shall
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provide staff from the agencies to support information, data
1
collection, and analyses required by the Interagency Task
2
Force.
3
(g) H
EARINGS
.—Upon request of the Chair, the Inter-
4
agency Task Force may hold such hearings, meet and act
5
at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive
6
such evidence as the Interagency Task Force considers to
7
be appropriate.
8
SEC. 1015. OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY.
9
(a) E
STABLISHMENT
.—
10
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—There is established, within
11
the Department, the Office of Climate Change Tech-
12
nology.
13
(2) D
UTIES
.—The Department Office shall—
14
(A) manage an energy technology research
15
and development program that directly supports
16
the Strategy by—
17
(i) focusing on high-risk, bold, break-
18
through technologies that—
19
(I) have significant promise of
20
contributing to the long-term goal of
21
the Strategy by—
22
(aa) mitigating the emissions
23
of greenhouse gases;
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(bb) removing and seques-
1
tering greenhouse gases from emis-
2
sion streams; or
3
(cc) removing and seques-
4
tering greenhouse gases from the
5
atmosphere;
6
(II) are not being addressed sig-
7
nificantly by other Federal programs;
8
and
9
(III) would represent a substan-
10
tial advance beyond technology avail-
11
able on the date of enactment of this
12
subtitle;
13
(ii) forging fundamentally new re-
14
search and development partnerships among
15
various Department, other Federal, and
16
State programs, particularly between basic
17
science and energy technology programs, in
18
cases in which such partnerships have sig-
19
nificant potential to affect the ability of the
20
United States to achieve the long-term goal
21
of the Strategy at the lowest possible cost;
22
(iii) forging international research and
23
development partnerships that are in the
24
interests of the United States and make
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progress on achieving the long-term goal of
1
the Strategy;
2
(iv) making available, through moni-
3
toring, experimentation, and analysis, data
4
that are essential to proving the technical
5
and economic viability of technology central
6
to addressing climate change; and
7
(v) transferring research and develop-
8
ment programs to other program offices of
9
the Department once such a research and
10
development program crosses the threshold
11
of high-risk research and moves into the
12
realm of more conventional technology de-
13
velopment;
14
(B) through active participation in the
15
Interagency Task Force and utilization of the
16
analytical capabilities of the Department Office,
17
share analyses of alternative climate change
18
strategies with other agencies represented on the
19
Interagency Task Force to assist them in
20
understanding—
21
(i) the scale of the climate change chal-
22
lenge; and
23
(ii) how actions of the Federal agencies
24
on the Interagency Task Force positively or
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negatively contribute to climate change so-
1
lutions;
2
(C) provide analytical support to the White
3
House Office, particularly in support of the de-
4
velopment of the Strategy and associated
5
progress reporting;
6
(D) foster the development of tools, data,
7
and capabilities to ensure that—
8
(i) the United States has a robust ca-
9
pability for evaluating alternative climate
10
change response scenarios; and
11
(ii) the Department Office provides
12
long-term analytical continuity during the
13
terms of service of successive Presidents;
14
(E) identify the total contribution of all De-
15
partment programs to the Strategy; and
16
(F) advise the Secretary on all aspects of
17
climate change-related issues, including nec-
18
essary changes in Department organization,
19
management, budgeting, and personnel alloca-
20
tion in the programs involved in climate change
21
response-related activities.
22
(3) A
NNUAL REPORTS
.—The Department Office
23
shall prepare an annual report for submission by the
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Secretary to Congress and the White House Office
1
that—
2
(A) assesses progress toward meeting the
3
goals of the energy technology research and devel-
4
opment program described in this section;
5
(B) assesses the activities of the Department
6
Office;
7
(C) assesses the contributions of all energy
8
technology research and development programs of
9
the Department (including science programs) to
10
the long-term goal and other requirements of the
11
Strategy; and
12
(D) make recommendations for actions by
13
the Department and other Federal agencies to
14
address the components of technology develop-
15
ment that are necessary to support the Strategy.
16
(b) D
IRECTOR OF THE
D
EPARTMENT
O
FFICE
.—
17
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—The Department Office shall
18
be headed by a Director, who shall be a qualified in-
19
dividual appointed by the President, and who shall be
20
compensated at a rate provided for level IV of the Ex-
21
ecutive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
22
States Code.
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(2) R
EPORTING
.—The Director of the Depart-
1
ment Office shall report directly to the Under Sec-
2
retary for Energy and Science.
3
(3) V
ACANCIES
.—A vacancy in the position of
4
the Director of the Department Office shall be filled
5
in the same manner as the original appointment was
6
made.
7
(c) I
NTERGOVERNMENTAL
P
ERSONNEL
.—The Depart-
8
ment Office may use the authority provided by the Intergov-
9
ernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.),
10
subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code,
11
and other departmental personnel authorities, to obtain
12
staff for appointments of a limited term.
13
(d) R
ELATIONSHIP TO
O
THER
D
EPARTMENT
P
RO
-
14
GRAMS
.—Each project carried out by the Department Office
15
shall be—
16
(1) initiated only after consultation with one or
17
more other appropriate program offices of the Depart-
18
ment that support research and development in the
19
areas relating to the project;
20
(2) managed by the Department Office; and
21
(3) in the case of a project that reaches a suffi-
22
cient level of maturity, with the concurrence of the
23
Department Office and the appropriate office de-
24
scribed in paragraph (1), transferred to the appro-
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