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[CITE: 42USC6632]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
 CHAPTER 79--SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIES
 
     SUBCHAPTER III--PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Sec. 6632. Membership of Committee


(a) Composition; appointment

    The Committee shall consist of--
        (1) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
    established under subchapter II of this chapter; and
        (2) not less than eight nor more than fourteen other members 
    appointed by the President not more than sixty days after the 
    Director has assumed office (as provided in section 6612 of this 
    title).

(b) Qualifications

    Members of the Committee appointed by the President pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2) of this section shall--
        (1) be qualified and distinguished in one or more of the 
    following areas: science, engineering, technology, information 
    dissemination, education, management, labor, or public affairs;
        (2) be capable of critically assessing the policies, priorities, 
    programs, and activities of the Nation, with respect to the 
    findings, policies, and purposes set forth in subchapter I of this 
    chapter; and
        (3) shall collectively constitute a balanced composition with 
    respect to (A) fields of science and engineering, (B) academic, 
    industrial, and government experience, and (C) business, labor, 
    consumer, and public interest points of view.

(c) Chairman; Vice Chairman

    The President shall appoint one member of the Committee to serve as 
Chairman and another member to serve as Vice Chairman for such periods 
as the President may determine.

(d) Compensation

    Each member of the Committee who is not an officer of the Federal 
Government shall, while serving on business of the Committee, be 
entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily rate 
prescribed for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 
5, including traveltime, and while so serving away from his home or 
regular place of business he may be allowed travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses 
authorized by section 5703(b) \1\ of title 5 for persons in Government 
service employed intermittently.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 94-282, title III, Sec. 302, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 468.)

                       References in Text

    Section 5703 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (d), was amended 
generally by Pub. L. 94-22, Sec. 4, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 95, and, as 
so amended, does not contain a subsec. (b).

 Abolition of President's Committee on Science and Technology; Transfer 
                              of Functions

    See note set out under section 6631 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 section 6633 of this title.
