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§ 4374. Authorization of appropriations. 



There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 for the operations of the Office of EnvironmentrJ 

 Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality 

 not to exceed the following sums for the following 

 fiscal years which sums are in addition to those 

 contained in Public Law 91-190: 



fa> $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1976. 



(b"> $500,000 for the transition period fJuly 1, 

 1976, to September 30. 1976) . 



(c> $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending Sep- 

 tember 30, 1977. 



(d) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending Sep- 

 tember 30, 1978. (As amended Pub. L. 93-36, May 

 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 72; Pub. L. 94-52, § 1, July 3, 



19(5, 89 Stat. 258; Pub. L. 94-298, May 29, 1976, 



90 Stat. 587.) 



Amendments 



1976 — Pub. L. 94-298 authorized appropriations lor 

 fiscal year 1976 through fiscal year 1978. 



1975 — Pub. L. 94:-52 substituted ■'$2,000,000 for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1976, and not to exceed $500,000 for 

 the transition period (July 1. 1976 to September 30, 

 1976)" for "$1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1974, and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1975". 



1973 — Pub. L. 93-36 substituted provisions authorizing 

 to be appropriated for the operations of the Office of 

 Environmental Quality and the Council on Environmental 

 Quality $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30. 



1974, and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30. 



1975, for provisions authorizing to be appropriated not 

 to exceed $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1970, not to exceed $750,000 for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1971, not to exceed $1,250,000 for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1972, and not to exceed $1,500,000 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. 



20. Environmental Safeguards 



Ex. Order 11643, 37 F.R. 2875 



(See Ex. Order 11643 under title III Executive Orders) 



21. Environmental Science Service Administration 



Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965; 79 Stat. 1318 



Eff. July 13. 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. 

 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate 

 and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled. 

 May 13. 1965. pursuant to the provisions of the Reorga- 

 nization Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 203, as amended [see 

 section 901 et seq. of this title] . 



ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRA- 

 TION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



Section 1. Transfer of Functions 

 All functions vested by law in the Weather Bureau, the 

 Chief of the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey, the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 

 and any officer, employee, or organizational entity of that 

 Bureau or Survey, and not heretofore transferred to the 

 Secretary of Commerce, hereinafter referred to as the 

 Secretary, are hereby transferred to the Secretary. 



Sec. 2. Abolitions 



(a) The offices of Director of the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey. Dtputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Sur- 

 vey, and Chief of the Weather Bureau are hereby abol- 

 ished. The Secretary shall make such provisions as he 

 shall deem to be necessary respecting the winding up of 

 any outstanding affairs of the officers whose offices are 

 abolished by the provisions of this section. 



(b) The abolitions effected by the provision of sub- 

 section (a) of this section shall exclude the abolition of 

 rights to which the present incumbents of the abolished 

 offices would be entitled under law upon the termination 

 of their appointments. 



Sec 3. Environmental Science Services Administration 

 (a) The Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Weather 

 Bureau are hereby consolidated to form a new agency In 

 the Department of Commerce which shall be known as the 

 Environmental Science Services Admmlstration. herein- 

 after referred to as the Administration. 



(b| The Secretary shall from time to time establish 



such constituent organizational entities of the Adminis- 

 tration, with such names, as he shall determine. 



Sec. 4. Officers of the Administration 



(a) There shall be at the head of the Administration 

 the Administrator of the Environmental Science Services 

 Administration, hereinafter referred to as the Administra- 

 tor. The Administrator shall be appointed by the Presi- 

 dent by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

 He shall perform such functions as the Secretary may 

 from time to time direct. 



(b) (1) There shall be in the Administration a Deputy 

 Administrator of the Environmental Science Services Ad- 

 ministration, hereinafter referred to as the Deputy Ad- 

 ministrator, who shall be appointed by the President by 

 and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall per- 

 form such functions as the Secretary may from time to 

 time direct, and, unless he is compensated in pursuance 

 of the provisions of paragraph (2), below, shall receive 

 compensation in accordance with the Classification Act 

 of 1949. as amended [chapter 51 and subchapter HI of 

 chapter 53 of this title] . 



(2) The office of Deputy Administrator may be filled at 

 the discretion of the President by appointment (by and 

 with the advice and consent of the Senate) from the 

 active list of commissioned officers of the Administration 

 in which case the appointment shall create a vacancy on 

 the active list and while holding the office of Deputy Ad- 

 ministrator the officer shall have rank, pay and allow- 

 ances not exceeding those of a Vice Admiral. 



(c) The Deputy Administrator or such other official of 

 the Department of Commerce as the Secretary shall from 

 time to time designate shall act as Administrator during 

 the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the 

 event of a vacancy in the office of Administrator. 



(d) At any one time, one principal constituent organi- 

 zational entity of the Administration may, if the Secre- 

 tary so elects, be headed by a commissioned officer of the 

 Administration, who shall be designated by the Secretary. 

 Such designation of an officer shall create a vacancy on 



