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[CITE: 42USC286b-2]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                  Part D--National Library of Medicine
 
                     subpart 2--financial assistance
 
Sec. 286b-2. National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory 
        Board
        

(a) Board of Regents of National Library of Medicine to serve as

    The Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine shall also 
serve as the National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board 
(hereafter in this subpart referred to as the ``Board'').

(b) Functions

    The Board shall advise and assist the Secretary in the preparation 
of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the 
administration of this subpart.

(c) Use of services of members by Secretary

    The Secretary may use the services of any member of the Board, in 
connection with matters related to the administration of this part for 
such periods, in addition to conference periods, as the Secretary may 
determine.

(d) Compensation

    Appointed members of the Board who are not otherwise in the employ 
of the United States, while attending conferences of the Board or 
otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary in connection with the 
administration of this subpart, shall be entitled to receive 
compensation, per diem in lieu of subsistence, and travel expenses in 
the same manner and under the same conditions as that prescribed under 
section 210(c) of this title when attending conferences, traveling, or 
serving at the request of the Secretary in connection with the Board's 
function under this section.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 471, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 860.)


                     Termination of Advisory Boards

    Advisory boards established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a board established by the 
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed 
by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or 
in the case of a board established by the Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, 
Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.
    Pub. L. 93-641, Sec. 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275, set out as a 
note under section 217a of this title, provided that an advisory 
committee established pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall 
terminate at such time as may be specifically prescribed by an Act of 
Congress enacted after Jan. 4, 1975.
