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# 42 U.S.C. § 6631 - Establishment of Committee

## Text

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”).

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

## Notes

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, 91 Stat. 1634, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective Feb. 26, 1978, as provided by section 1(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12039, Feb. 24, 1978, 43 F.R. 8095, set out under section 6601 of this title.