§ 13522. Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Advisory Board
(a)
Establishment
The Secretary shall establish an Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Advisory Board (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Advisory Board”).
(b)
Responsibilities
The Advisory Board shall provide impartial technical advice to the Secretary to assist in the development of energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application plans and reports under sections
5905 and
5914 [1] of this title, under section
7321 of this title, and as otherwise provided in subchapters VIII through XI of this chapter. The Advisory Board shall also periodically review such plans and reports and their implementation in relation to the goals stated in section
13401 of this title, and report the results of such review to the Secretary and the Congress. Such report shall be included as part of the report required under section
5914 [1] of this title.
(c)
Use of existing advisory board
The Secretary may use an existing advisory board to carry out the responsibilities described in subsection (b) of this section.
[1] See References in Text note below.