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PUBLIC LAW 93-410-SEPT. 3, 1974
(A) one appointed by the President; (B) an Assistant Director of the National Science Fonnchition; (C) an Assistant Secretary of the Depailment of the Interior; (I)) an Associate Administrator of the National Aeronantics and Space Administration; (E) the General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission; and (F) an Assistant Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration. (2) The President shall designate one member of the Project to serve as Chairman of the Project. (3) If the individual appointed under paragraph (1)(A) is an officer or employee of the Federal Goveriunent, he shall receive no additional pay on account of his service as a member of the Project. If such individual is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government, he shall be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315) for each day (including traveltime) during which he is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Project. (c) The Project shall have overall responsibility for the provision of effective management and coordination with respect to a national geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program. Such program shall include— (1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base; (2) research and development with respect to exploration, extraction, and utilization technologies; (3) the demonstration of appropriate technologies; and (4) the loan guaranty program under title II. (d)(1) The Project shall carry out its responsibilities under this section acting through the following Federal agencies: (A) the Department of the Interior, the responsibilities of which shall include evaluation and assessment of the resource base, including development of exploration technologies; (B) the National Aeronautics and Space xAdministration, the responsibilities of which shall include the provision of contract management capability, evaluation and assessment of the resource base, and the development of technologies pursuant to section 102(b); (C) the Atomic Energy Commission, the responsibilities of which shall include the development of technologies; and (D) the National Science Foundation, the responsibilities of which shall include basic and applied research. (2) Upon request of the Project, the head of any such agency is authorized to detail or assign, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, any of the personnel of such agency to the Project to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities under this Act. (e) The Project shall have exclusive authority with respect to the establishment or approval of programs or projects initiated under this Act, except that the agency involved in any particular program or project shall be responsible for the operation and administration of such program or project. PROGRAM
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SEC. 102. (a)(1) The Chairman, acting through the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is authorized and directed to prepare a comprehensive program definition of an integrated effort and commitment for effectively developing geothermal energy resources. Such Administrator, in preparing such comprehensive program definition, is authorized to consult with other Federal agencies and non-Federal entities.
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