Committees

PRIMARY COMMITTEES of the NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

Committee of Enviornment and Natural Resources (CENR)
Committee on Homeland and National Security(CHNS)
Committee on Science (CoS)
Committee on Technology (CoT)

NSTC Committee Organizational Chart

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (CENR)

co-Chairs:

Sharon Hays, Office of Science and Technology Policy Conrad Lautenbacher, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration George Gray, Environmental Protection Agency

Executive Secretary:  Gary Bangs bangs.gary@epamail.epa.gov

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Organizational Members:
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Agency
National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Smithsonian Institution
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Also represented on the CENR:

Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of Management and Budget
National Economic Council
Council of Economic Advisors
Domestic Policy Council
Council on Environmental Quality

Cooperating departments and agencies include:

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Tennessee Valley Authority; and other Executive organizations, departments and agencies as the co-chairs may designate.

SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE CENR
Air Quality Research
Disaster Reduction
Ecological Systems
Global Change Research / Climate Change Science
Ocean Science & Technology
Toxics and Risks
US Group on Earth Observations
Water Availability & Quality

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COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND AND NATIONAL SECURITY (CHNS)

co-Chairs:

Stanley Sokul, Office of Science and Technology Jay Cohen, Department of Homeland Security John Young, Department of Defense

Executive Secretary: Mary Hanson  mary.hanson@dhs.gov

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Organizational Members:
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs
Central Intelligence Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation

Also represented on the CHNS:

Domestic Policy Council
Homeland Security Council
National Economic Council
National Security Council
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the Vice President

Cooperating departments and agencies include:

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Patent and Trademark Office

SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE CHNS

Decontamination Standards and Technologies
Domestic Improvised Explosive Devices
Foreign Animal Disease Threats
Human Factors for Homeland & National Security
Infrastructure
Nuclear Defense Research & Development



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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE(CoS)

co-Chairs:

Sharon Hays, Office of Science and Technology Policy Arden Bement, National Science Foundation Elias Zerhouni, National Institutes of Health

Executive Secretary: Mayra N. Montrose mmontros@nsf.gov

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Organizational Members:
Department of State
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Justice
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Smithsonian Institution

Also represented on the CoS:

Office of Management and Budget
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the Vice President
Domestic Policy Council
National Economic Council

SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE CoS

Aquaculture
Biotechnology (SC)

Digital Data (IWG)
Domestic Animal Genomics (IWG)
Education and Workforce Development (SC)
Human Subjects Research (SC)
Physics of the Universe (IWG)
Plant Genomes (IWG)
Prion Science (IWG)
Research Business Models (SC)
Science to Support Food and Agricultural Research (TF)
Scientific Collections (IWG)
Social, Behavioral and Economic Research (SC)
Trans-Border Movement of Research Materials (IWG)
 

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COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY (CoT)

co-Chairs:

Richard Russell, Office of Science and Technology Policy Bud Albright, Department of Energy James Turner, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Executive Secretary: Jason Boehm (jason.boehm@nist.gov)

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Organizational Members:
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Directorate for Defense Research and Engineering
Department of Commerce
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Department of Treasury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Central Intelligence Agency
Environmental Protection Agency

Also represented on the CoT:

National Economic Council
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Science and Technology Policy

Membership also includes other Executive organizations, departments and agencies as the co-Chairs may designate.

SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE CoT

Aeronautics (SC)

Biometrics & Identity Management (SC)
Buildings Technology Research & Development (SC)

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (IWG)
Manufacturing Research & Development (IWG)
Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (SC)
Networking and Information Technology R&D (SC)

Nuclear Defense Research and Development (SC)

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