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[CITE: 42USC1868]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 16--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 1868. Special commissions

    (a) Each special commission established under section 1863(h) of 
this title shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of such 
members as the Board considers appropriate.
    (b) Special commissions may be established to study and make 
recommendations to the Foundation on issues relating to research and 
education in science and engineering.

(May 10, 1950, ch. 171, Sec. 9, 64 Stat. 152; Pub. L. 90-407, Sec. 7, 
July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 364; Pub. L. 99-159, title I, Sec. 109(d), Nov. 
22, 1985, 99 Stat. 889.)


                               Amendments

    1985--Pub. L. 99-159 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows:
    ``(a) Each special commission established pursuant to section 
1863(i) of this title shall consist of eleven members appointed by the 
Board, six of whom shall be eminent scientists and five of whom shall be 
persons other than scientists. Each special commission shall choose its 
own chairman and vice chairman.
    ``(b) It shall be the duty of each such special commission to make a 
comprehensive survey of research, both public and private, being carried 
on in its field, and to formulate and recommend to the Foundation at the 
earliest practicable date an over-all research program in its field.''
    1968--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-407 substituted ``section 1863(i) of 
this title'' for ``section 1862(a)(7) 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.
