---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 13383"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "13383"
heading: "Director of Climate Protection"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/13383"
units:
  - "Chapter 134 — Energy Policy"
  - "Subchapter VII — Global Climate Change"
---

# §13383. Director of Climate Protection


Within 6 months after October 24, 1992, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall establish, within the Department of Energy, a [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of Climate Protection (in this section referred to as the “[Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5)”). The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) shall—

- (1) in the absence of the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), serve as the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2)’s representative for interagency and multilateral policy discussions of global climate change, including the activities of the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences as established by the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–606) [[15 U.S.C. 2921](/usc/15/2921.md) et seq.] and the Policy Coordinating Committee Working Group on Climate Change;
- (2) monitor, in cooperation with other Federal [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), domestic and international policies for their effects on the generation of greenhouse gases; and
- (3) have the authority to participate in the planning activities of relevant Department of Energy programs.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–486, title XVI, § 1603, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3001.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Global Change Research Act of 1990, referred to in par. (1), is Pub. L. 101–606, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3096, which is classified generally to chapter 56A (§ 2921 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2921 of Title 15 and Tables.