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[CITE: 10USC5024]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                   CHAPTER 503--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
Sec. 5024. Naval Research Advisory Committee

    (a) The Secretary of the Navy may appoint a Naval Research Advisory 
Committee consisting of not more than 15 civilians preeminent in the 
fields of science, research, and development work. One member of the 
Committee must be from the field of medicine. Each member serves for 
such term as the Secretary specifies.
    (b) The Committee shall meet at such times as the Secretary 
specifies to consult with and advise the Chief of Naval Operations and 
the Chief of Naval Research.
    (c) No law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in 
relation to the employment of persons, the performance of services, the 
payment or receipt of compensation in connection with any claim, 
proceeding, or matter involving the United States applies to members of 
the Committee solely by reason of their membership on the Committee.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 291, Sec. 5153; Pub. L. 97-60, title 
II, Sec. 205, Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1007; renumbered Sec. 5024 and 
amended Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Secs. 511(d), 514(d)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 
100 Stat. 1048, 1055.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5153..................................  5 U.S.C. 475c.                       Au
g. 1, 1946, ch. 727, Sec.  4, 60
                                                                              S
tat. 779; Sept. 3, 1954, ch.
                                                                              1
263, Sec.  12, 68 Stat. 1229.
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    In subsection (c) the words ``in the amount'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (d) references to sections of title 18 and to R.S. 190 
are omitted as unnecessary and the words ``No law'' are substituted for 
the words ``Nothing * * * in any other provision of Federal law''.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 511(d), renumbered section 5153 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 514(d)(2), substituted ``claim, 
proceeding,'' for ``claim proceeding''.
    1981--Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 97-60 redesignated subsec. (d) as 
(c). Former subsec. (c), which allowed each member of the Committee 
compensation of $50 for each day or part of a day that the member 
attended any regularly called meeting of the Committee and also allowed 
that member reimbursement for all travel expenses incident to that 
attendance, was struck out.


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, 
unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an 
officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by 
appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in 
the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 
1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.
