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42 U.S. Code § 7133. Assistant Secretaries; appointment and confirmation; identification of responsibilities
(a) There shall be in the Department 8 Assistant Secretaries, each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; who shall be compensated at the rate provided for at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5; and who shall perform, in accordance with applicable law, such of the functions transferred or delegated to, or vested in, the Secretary as he shall prescribe in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The functions which the Secretary shall assign to the Assistant Secretaries include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)
Energy resource applications, including functions dealing with management of all forms of energy production and utilization, including fuel supply, electric power supply, enriched uranium production, energy technology programs, and the management of energy resource leasing procedures on Federal lands.
(2) Energy research and development functions, including the responsibility for policy and management of research and development for all aspects of—
(A)
solar energy resources;
(B)
geothermal energy resources;
(C)
recycling energy resources;
(D)
the fuel cycle for fossil energy resources; and
(E)
the fuel cycle for nuclear energy resources.