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[CITE: 42USC6682]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
 CHAPTER 79--SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIES
 
           SUBCHAPTER VI--NATIONAL CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES PANEL
 
Sec. 6682. Membership


(a) Composition and appointment

    The panel shall consist of 13 members appointed from among persons 
who are experts in science and engineering as follows:
        (1) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
    shall appoint nine members, of whom--
            (A) three shall be Federal Government officials; and
            (B) six shall be appointed from persons in private industry 
        and higher education.

        (2) The Secretary of Defense shall appoint one member, who shall 
    be an official of the Department of Defense.
        (3) The Secretary of Energy shall appoint one member, who shall 
    be an official of the Department of Energy.
        (4) The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint one member, who 
    shall be an official of the Department of Commerce.
        (5) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
    Administration shall appoint one member, who shall be an official of 
    that agency.

(b) Term of office; vacancies

    (1) Members appointed under subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section 
shall serve for a term of two years.
    (2) Any vacancy in the membership of the panel shall be filled in 
the same manner as the original appointment.

(c) Chairman

    The Director shall designate one of the members appointed under 
subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section as chairman of the panel.

(Pub. L. 94-282, title VI, Sec. 602, as added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, 
title VIII, Sec. 841(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1511.)
