---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6613"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6613"
heading: "Functions of the Director"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6613"
units:
  - "Chapter 79 — Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities"
  - "Subchapter II — Office of Science and Technology Policy"
---

# §6613. Functions of the Director

- (a) The primary function of the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) is to provide, within the Executive Office of the President, advice on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of issues that require attention at the highest levels of Government.
- (b) In addition to such other functions and activities as the President may assign, the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) shall—
  - (1) advise the President of scientific and technological considerations involved in areas of national concern including, but not limited to, the economy, national security, homeland security, health, foreign relations, the environment, and the technological recovery and use of resources;
  - (2) evaluate the scale, quality, and effectiveness of the Federal effort in science and technology and advise on appropriate actions;
  - (3) advise the President on scientific and technological considerations with regard to Federal budgets, assist the Office of Management and Budget with an annual review and analysis of funding proposed for research and development in budgets of all Federal [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), and aid the Office of Management and Budget and the [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) throughout the budget development process; and
  - (4) assist the President in providing general leadership and coordination of the research and development programs of the Federal Government.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–282, title II, § 204, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 463; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1712(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2320.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107–296 inserted “homeland security,” after “national security,”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.