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[CITE: 42USC1865]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 16--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 1865. Executive Committee


(a) Composition; powers and functions; membership; chairman

    There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board (referred to in 
this chapter as the ``Executive Committee''), which shall be composed of 
five members and shall exercise such powers and functions as may be 
delegated to it by the Board. Four of the members shall be elected as 
provided in subsection (b) of this section, and the Director ex officio 
shall be the fifth member and the chairman of the Executive Committee.

(b) Election to membership; term of office; eligibility for reelection

    At each of its annual meetings the Board shall elect two of its 
members as members of the Executive Committee, and the Executive 
Committee members so elected shall hold office for two years from the 
date of their election. Any person, other than the Director, who has 
been a member of the Executive Committee for six consecutive years shall 
thereafter be ineligible for service as a member thereof during the two-
year period following the expiration of such sixth year. For the 
purposes of this subsection, the period between any two consecutive 
annual meetings of the Board shall be deemed to be one year.

(c) Term of vacancy appointment

    Any person elected as a member of the Executive Committee to fill a 
vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his 
predecessor was elected shall be elected for the remainder of such term.

(d) Reports; minority views

    The Executive Committee shall render an annual report to the Board, 
and such other reports as it may deem necessary, summarizing its 
activities and making such recommendations as it may deem appropriate. 
Minority views and recommendations, if any, of members of the Executive 
Committee shall be included in such reports.

(May 10, 1950, ch. 171, Sec. 7, formerly Sec. 6, 64 Stat. 151; Pub. L. 
86-232, Sec. 4, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 467; renumbered and amended Pub. 
L. 90-407, Secs. 4, 5, July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 363, 364.)


                               Amendments

    1968--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-407, Sec. 5, made mandatory the 
organization of the Executive Committee, struck out prohibition that the 
Board may not assign to the Executive Committee the function of 
establishing policies, and inserted provisions setting forth the number 
of members, their manner of election, and the status of the Director.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-407, Sec. 5, substituted provisions that 
Board elect two members as members of Executive Committee at its annual 
meeting, with period between any two consecutive annual meetings to be 
deemed one year, for provisions covering composition of Executive 
Committee, setting forth a special one year term of office for four 
members first elected after May 10, 1950, and directing that membership 
of Committee represent diverse interests and areas. Provisions of former 
subsecs. (b)(2)(A) and (b)(5) were redesignated as subsecs. (c) and (d), 
respectively.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-407, Sec. 5, redesignated former subsec. 
(b)(2)(A) as (c) and substituted ``Any person elected as a member of the 
Executive Committee'' for ``any member elected''. Former subsec. (c), 
authorizing the Board to appoint such additional committees as it deems 
necessary, and to delegate to such committees survey and advisory 
functions as it deems appropriate, was struck out.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-407, Sec. 5, redesignated former subsec. 
(b)(5) as (d) and substituted ``The Executive Committee'' for ``Such 
Committee''.
    1959--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-232 struck out prohibition against 
assignment to Executive Committee of function of review and approval.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 86-232 authorized Board to have an Executive 
Committee consisting of from five to nine members rather than fixed 
number of nine.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Executive Committee of National Science Board appointed under 
provisions of this section abolished and functions conferred by this 
section transferred to Executive Committee of National Science Board 
established by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1962, see sections 21(e) and 
23(a)(1) of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1962, eff. June 8, 1962, 27 F.R. 5419, 
76 Stat. 1253, set out as a note under section 1861 of this title.


 Continuation of Existing Offices, Procedures, and Organization of the 
                       National Science Foundation

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-407 intended to continue in effect the 
existing offices, procedures, and organization of the Foundation, see 
section 16 of Pub. L. 90-407, set out as a note under section 1862 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1863 of this title.
