---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6612"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6612"
heading: "Director; Associate Directors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6612"
units:
  - "Chapter 79 — Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities"
  - "Subchapter II — Office of Science and Technology Policy"
---

# §6612. Director; Associate Directors

- (a) **In general—** There shall be at the head of the Office a [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be compensated at the rate provided for level II of the Executive Schedule in [section 5313 of title 5](/usc/5/5313.md).
- (b) **Associate Directors—** The President is authorized to appoint not more than four Associate [Directors](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed that provided for level III of the Executive Schedule in [section 5314](/usc/42/5314.md) of such title. Associate [Directors](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) shall perform such functions as the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) may prescribe.
- (c) **Chief Technology Officer—** Subject to [subsection (b)](#b), the President is authorized to designate 1 of the Associate [Directors](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) under that subsection as a United States Chief Technology Officer.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–282, title II, § 203, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 463; Pub. L. 114–329, title VI, § 604(b), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 3037.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2017—Pub. L. 114–329, § 604(b)(1), (2), designated first sentence of existing provisions as subsec. (a) and second and third sentences of existing provisions as subsec. (b) and inserted headings.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–329, § 604(b)(3), added subsec. (c).