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[CITE: 42USC7234]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                      Part B--Personnel Provisions
 
Sec. 7234. Advisory committees

    The Secretary is authorized to establish in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act such advisory committees as he may deem 
appropriate to assist in the performance of his functions. Members of 
such advisory committees, other than full-time employees of the Federal 
Government, while attending meetings of such committees or while 
otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary while serving away 
from their homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
section 5703 of title 5 for individuals in the Government serving 
without pay.

(Pub. L. 95-91, title VI, Sec. 624, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 
105-28, Sec. 2(b)(1), July 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 245.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 
92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out in the 
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-28 struck out subsec. (a) designation and struck 
out subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``Section 776 of title 15 shall 
be applicable to advisory committees chartered by the Secretary, or 
transferred to the Secretary or the Department under this chapter, 
except that where an advisory committee advises the Secretary on matters 
pertaining to research and development, the Secretary may determine that 
such meeting shall be closed because it involves research and 
development matters and comes within the exemption of section 552b(c)(4) 
of title 5.''


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees 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 committee established by 
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-
463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5588 of this title.
