PUBLIC LAW 101-380—AUG. 18, 1990 104 STAT. 559 contract or otherwise. Interest shall be computed for the period March 21, 1989 until the date of payment. TITLE VII—OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SEC. 7001. OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 33 USC 2761. (a) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—T here is established an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Interagency Committee"). (2) PURPOSES.—The Intersigency Committee shall coordinate a comprehensive program of oil pollution research, technology development, and demonstration among the Federal agencies, in cooperation and coordination with industry, universities, research institutions, State governments, and other nations, as appropriate, and shall foster cost-effective research mechanisms, including the joint funding of research. (3) MEMBERSHIP.— The Interagency Committee shall include representatives from the Department of Commerce (including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology), the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior (including the Minerals Management Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service), the Department of Transportation (including the United States Coast Guard, the Maritime Administration, and the Research and Special Projects Administration), the Department of Defense (including the Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy), the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Fire Administration in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as such other Federal agencies as the President may designate. A representative of the Department of Transportation shall serve as Chairman. Qo) OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PLAN. — (1) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. —Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Interagency Committee shall submit to Congress a plan for the implementation of the oil pollution research, development, and demonstration program established pursuant to subsection (c). The research plan shall— (A) identify agency roles and responsibilities; (B) assess the current status of knowledge on oil pollution prevention, response, and mitigation technologies and ef- fects of oil pollution on the environment; (C) identify significant oil pollution research gaps including an assessment of major technological deficiencies in responses to past oil discharges; (D) establish research priorities and goals for oil pollution technology development related to prevention, response, mitigation, and environmental effects; (E) estimate the resources needed to conduct the oil pollution research and development program established
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