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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1864a Deputy Director of the Foundation

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1864a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Foundation must have a Deputy Director. The President picks the Deputy Director, and the Senate must approve the choice. Before making the pick, the President must let the Board and the Director give recommendations. The Deputy Director gets basic pay at the rate for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5. The Deputy Director carries out duties the Director assigns. They also act with the Director’s powers when the Director is absent, disabled, or when the Director’s position is vacant.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1864a

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

There shall be a Deputy Director of the Foundation (referred to in this chapter as the “Deputy Director”), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Before any person is appointed as Deputy Director, the President shall afford the Board and the Director an opportunity to make recommendations to him with respect to such appointment. The Deputy Director shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, and shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Director may prescribe. The Deputy Director shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Director during the absence or disability of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Director.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–383 struck out subsec. (a) designation and struck out subsec. (b) which provided for appointment of four Assistant Directors of the Foundation.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section, insofar as related to rates of basic pay, effective on first day of first calendar month which begins on or after July 18, 1968, see section 15(a)(4) of Pub. L. 90–407, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1968 Amendment note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Continuation of Existing Offices, Procedures, and Organization of the National Science FoundationAmendment by Pub. L. 90–407 intended to continue in effect the existing offices, procedures, and organization of the Foundation, see section 16 of Pub. L. 90–407, set out as a note under section 1862 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1864a

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73