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[CITE: 42USC300v]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
SUBCHAPTER XVI--PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF ETHICAL PROBLEMS 
            IN MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH
 
Sec. 300v. Commission


(a) Establishment; composition; appointment of members; vacancies

    (1) There is established the President's Commission for the Study of 
Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research 
(hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the ``Commission'') which 
shall be composed of eleven members appointed by the President. The 
members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows:
        (A) Three of the members shall be appointed from individuals who 
    are distinguished in biomedical or behavioral research.
        (B) Three of the members shall be appointed from individuals who 
    are distinguished in the practice of medicine or otherwise 
    distinguished in the provision of health care.
        (C) Five of the members shall be appointed from individuals who 
    are distinguished in one or more of the fields of ethics, theology, 
    law, the natural sciences (other than a biomedical or behavioral 
    science), the social sciences, the humanities, health 
    administration, government, and public affairs.

    (2) No individual who is a full-time officer or employee of the 
United States may be appointed as a member of the Commission. The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Director of Central Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the 
Director of the National Science Foundation shall each designate an 
individual to provide liaison with the Commission.
    (3) No individual may be appointed to serve as a member of the 
Commission if the individual has served for two terms of four years each 
as such a member.
    (4) A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in 
which the original appointment was made.

(b) Terms of members

    (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), members shall be 
appointed for terms of four years.
    (2) Of the members first appointed--
        (A) four shall be appointed for terms of three years, and
        (B) three shall be appointed for terms of two years,

as designated by the President at the time of appointment.
    (3) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be 
appointed only for the remainder of such term. A member may serve after 
the expiration of his term until his successor has taken office.

(c) Chairman

    The Chairman of the Commission shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from members of the 
Commission.

(d) Meetings

    (1) Seven members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for 
business, but a lesser number may conduct hearings.
    (2) The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman or at the 
call of a majority of its members.

(e) Compensation; travel expenses, etc.

    (1) Members of the Commission shall each be entitled to receive the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-
18 of the General Schedule for each day (including travel time) during 
which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the 
Commission.
    (2) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the 
performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission 
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 
5.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVIII, Sec. 1801, as added Pub. L. 95-622, 
title III, Sec. 301, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3437; amended Pub. L. 96-88, 
title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 100-527, 
Sec. 10(1), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2640.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100-527 substituted ``Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Administrator of Veterans' Affairs''.

                         Change of Name

    ``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted for 
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (a)(2) 
pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to 
section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-527 effective Mar. 15, 1989, see section 
18(a) of Pub. L. 100-527, set out as a Department of Veterans Affairs 
Act note under section 301 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.


         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.


                     Appointment of Initial Members

    Section 302(a) of Pub. L. 95-622 directed President to initially 
appoint members to President's Commission for the Study of Ethical 
Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (established 
under the amendment made by section 301) [enacting this subchapter] not 
later than 90 days after Nov. 9, 1978.

                        Executive Order No. 12184

    Ex. Ord. No. 12184, Dec. 17, 1979, 44 F.R. 75091, which established 
the President's Special Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in 
Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, was revoked by Ex. Ord. 
No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.
