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[CITE: 42USC242q-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                   Part A--Research and Investigations
 
Sec. 242q-1. Membership


(a) Composition

    The Task Force shall be composed of--
        (1) the Assistant Secretary for Health;
        (2) the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
        (3) the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation;
        (4) the Director of the National Institute on Aging, and the 
    Directors of such other agencies of the National Institutes of 
    Health as the Secretary determines to be appropriate;
        (5) the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging;
        (6) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs;
        (7) the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans 
    Affairs;
        (8) the Administrator of the the \1\ Substance Abuse and Mental 
    Health Services Administration;
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        (9) the Administrator of the Health Care Financing 
    Administration;
        (10) the Commissioner of Social Security;
        (11) the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
    Quality;
        (12) two Members of the House of Representatives appointed by 
    the Speaker of the House in consultation with the Minority Leader, 
    and two members of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader in 
    consultation with the Minority Leader, not more than one of whom 
    from each body shall be members of the same political party; and
        (13) three members of the general public, to be appointed by the 
    Secretary, that shall include one representative each from--
            (A) a nonprofit group representing older Americans;
            (B) a private voluntary health organization concerned with 
        the health problems affecting older Americans; and
            (C) a nonprofit organization concerned with research related 
        to the health and independence of older Americans.

(b) Chair

    The Secretary, acting through either the Assistant Secretary for 
Health or the Director of the National Institute on Aging, shall serve 
as the Chair of the Task Force.

(c) Quorum

    A majority of the members of the Task Force shall constitute a 
quorum, and a lesser number may hold hearings.

(d) Meetings

    The Task Force shall meet periodically at the call of the Chair, but 
in no event less than twice each year.

(e) Compensation and expenses

                          (1) Compensation

        Members of the Task Force who are not regular full-time 
    employees of the United States Government shall, while attending 
    meetings and conferences of the Task Force or otherwise engaged in 
    the business of the Task Force (including traveltime), be entitled 
    to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Secretary, but not 
    exceeding the rate specified at the time of such service under GS-18 
    of the General Schedules established under section 5332 of title 5.

                            (2) Expenses

        While away from their homes or regular places of business on the 
    business of the Task Force, members of such Task Force may be 
    allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
    as is authorized under section 5703 of title 5 for persons employed 
    intermittently in the Government service.

(Pub. L. 101-557, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2769; 
Pub. L. 102-321, title I, Sec. 161, July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 375; Pub. 
L. 102-405, title III, Sec. 302(e)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1985; 
Pub. L. 106-129, Sec. 2(b)(2), Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1670.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Home Health Care and Alzheimer's 
Disease Amendments of 1990, and not as part of the Public Health Service 
Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 106-129 substituted ``Director of the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality'' for ``Administrator for 
Health Care Policy and Research''.
    1992--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 102-405 substituted ``Under Secretary 
for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs'' for ``Chief Medical 
Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs''.
    Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 102-321 substituted ``Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration'' for ``Alcohol, Drug Abuse and 
Mental Health Administration''.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-321 effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision 
for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of 
Pub. L. 102-321, set out as a note under section 236 of this title.


         References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

    References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to 
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered 
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 242q-4, 242q-5 of this 
title.
