Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§2935 Budget Coordination

Title 15 › Chapter 56A— GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH › Subchapter I— UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM › § 2935

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year the Committee must give guidance to agencies on how to prepare budget requests for the Program. Agencies doing global change research must include with their annual request to the President under section 1108 of title 31 a report that lists each research element, says whether it helps the Program directly or indirectly, and states the amount requested for each element. They must send that report to the Committee at the same time. The President must let the Committee review and comment on agencies’ budget estimates for the Plan and must mark which items in the annual budget sent to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 are part of the Program.

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Title 15, §2935

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(a)The Committee shall each year provide general guidance to each Federal agency or department participating in the Program with respect to the preparation of requests for appropriations for activities related to the Program.

(b)(1)Working in conjunction with the Committee, each Federal agency or department involved in global change research shall include with its annual request for appropriations submitted to the President under section 1108 of title 31 a report which—

(A)identifies each element of the proposed global change research activities of the agency or department;

(B)specifies whether each element (i) contributes directly to the Program or (ii) contributes indirectly but in important ways to the Program; and

(C)states the portion of its request for appropriations allocated to each element of the Program.

(2)Each agency or department that submits a report under paragraph (1) shall submit such report simultaneously to the Committee.

(c)(1)The President shall, in a timely fashion, provide the Committee with an opportunity to review and comment on the budget estimate of each agency and department involved in global change research in the context of the Plan.

(2)The President shall identify in each annual budget submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of title 31 those items in each agency’s or department’s annual budget which are elements of the Program.

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15 U.S.C. § 2935

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60