7 U.S.C. § 5842: Appointment and authority of…

Summary

Creates a Director of the National Genetic Resources Program who must be appointed by the Secretary. The Director must carry out the jobs the law gives and any other tasks the Secretary assigns. The Secretary, working through the Director, is in charge of the program, sets overall policy, can get advice from U.S. and foreign experts, may accept unpaid help, and may do other administrative things needed to run the program. The Director must advise program participants, organize and review information the program produces, help get that information to farmers and others who need it, and check how well that information is being used. Every two years the Director must send a report to the Secretary and Congress about program activities, progress toward including the range of genetic resources described in section 5841(d)(5), and international developments. Not later than one year after November 28, 1990, the Director had to send an initial report covering 10-year needs for those genetic resources, international coordination, and effects of laws, quarantines, treaties, and international groups. When the plan in section 5841(d)(6) is finished, the Secretary must make it public.

Title 7, §5842

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(a)Director (b) Administrative authority

There shall be at the head of the program an official to be known as the Director of the National Genetic Resources Program who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall perform such duties as are assigned to the Director by this subchapter and such other duties as the Secretary may prescribe.

(c)Duties

The Director shall—

(1)advise participants on the program activities;

(2)coordinate, review and facilitate the systematic identification and evaluation of, relevant information generated under the program;

(3)promote the effective transfer of the information described in paragraph (2) to the agriculture and food production community and to entities that require such information; and

(4)monitor the effectiveness of the activities described in paragraph (3).

(d)Biennial reports

The Director shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary and to the Congress a biennial report containing—

(1)a description of the activities carried out by and through the program and the policies of the program, and such recommendations respecting such activities and policies as the Director considers to be appropriate;

(2)a description of the necessity for, and progress achieved toward providing, additional programs and activities designed to include the range of genetic resources described in section 5841(d)(5) of this title in the activities of the program; and

(3)an assessment of events and activities occurring internationally as they relate to the activities and policies of the program.

(e)Initial reports

Not later than one year after November 28, 1990, the Director shall transmit to the Secretary and to the Congress a report—

(1)describing the projected needs over a 10-year period in each of the areas of genetic resources described in section 5841(d)(5) of this title, including the identification of existing components of a comprehensive program, policies and activities needed to coordinate those components, and additional elements not in existence which are required for the development of a comprehensive genetic resources program as described in such section;

(2)assessing the international efforts and activities related to the program, and their effect upon and coordination with the program; and

(3)evaluating the potential effect of various national laws, including national quarantine requirements, as well as treaties, agreements, and the activities of international organizations on the development of a comprehensive international system for the collection and maintenance of genetic resources of importance to agriculture.

(f)Plan publication

On completion of the development of the plan described in section 5841(d)(6) of this title, the Secretary shall make the plan available to the public.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–334 added subsec. (f). 1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “Resources Program” for “Resources program”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (d) of this section relating to biennial reports to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 49 of House Document No. 103–7.

§5842 Appointment and Authority of Director