pursuant to the delegation from the Board shall be
final and binding upon the Institute. The Director
shall formulate programs consistent with the policies
of the Institute and in consultation with the Board
and any appropriate advisory committee established
pursuant to this Act.
(3) PAY; TERM OF OFFICE.—The Director shall
receive basic pay at the rate provided for level II of
the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title
5, United States Code, and shall serve for a term of
six years.
(4) FCCSET MEMBERSHIP.—Section 401(b) of
the National Science and Technology Policy, Organi-
zation, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C.
6651(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, the Director of
the National Institute for the Environment,’’ after
‘‘the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy’’.
(b) ASSISTANT DIRECTORS.—The President may,
upon the recommendation of the Director, appoint such
assistant Directors as the President considers necessary
to carry out this Act.
SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
an Interagency Advisory Committee to ensure that the en-
vironmental efforts of the Institute and other Federal
agencies are complementary.
(b) DUTIES.—It shall be the duty of the Interagency
Advisory Committee established under subsection (a) to
provide recommendations and advice to the Board to help
to ensure that—
(1) the research priorities and agenda of the In-
stitute support, rather than compete with, the re-
search agendas of existing Federal agencies;
(2) the knowledge assessment activities of the
Institute incorporate knowledge obtained and pos-
sessed by other Federal agencies, and are useful to
such agencies;
(3) information within the databases of other
Federal agencies is available for incorporation into
the information network of the Institute; and
(4) the educational programs of the Institute
serve the needs of the United States.
(c) COMPOSITION.—The Interagency Advisory Com-
mittee established under subsection (a) shall include direc-
tors of research (or individuals who hold a comparable po-
sition) from Federal agencies that conduct or use substan-
tial amounts of environmental research, including the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foun-
dation, the Department of Energy, the Department of the
Interior, and the Department of Agriculture. The Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or such
individual’s designee, and the Director of the Office of En-
vironmental Quality, or such individual’s designee, shall
serve as ex officio members of the Interagency Advisory
Committee.
(d) DURATION.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to the
termination of advisory committees) shall not apply to the
Interagency Advisory Committee established under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 8. FUNDING.
(a) AUTHORITY
TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Institute may enter into contracts and coop-
erative agreements and provide financial assistance, in-
cluding grants, to carry out the duties of the Institution
under this Act.
(b) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING.—Sci-
entists, engineers, and other researchers are eligible to re-
ceive funding from the Institute under subsection (a), ex-
cept that—
(1) scientists from Federal agencies shall not be
given a preference for funding based on their em-
ployment with the Federal Government; and
(2) the receipt of funding from the Institute
shall be subject to any criteria and other require-
ments prescribed by the Institute.
(c) RECEIPT OF FUNDS FROM OTHER PERSONS.—
The Institute may, subject to the approval of the Board,
receive funds from other Federal agencies and private-sec-
tor persons to carry out particular projects and activities
under this Act. Funds received under this subsection shall
be deposited in the Treasury and shall be made available
to the Institute to the extent provided in appropriations
Acts.
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