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[CITE: 50USC2]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                 CHAPTER 1--COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
Sec. 2. Advisory commission

    The Council of National Defense shall nominate to the President, and 
the President shall appoint, an advisory commission, consisting of not 
more than seven persons, each of whom shall have special knowledge of 
some industry, public utility, or the development of some natural 
resource, or be otherwise specially qualified, in the opinion of the 
council, for the performance of the duties hereinafter provided. The 
members of the advisory commission shall serve without compensation, but 
shall be allowed actual expenses of travel and subsistence when 
attending meetings of the commission or engaged in investigations 
pertaining to its activities. The advisory commission shall hold such 
meetings as shall be called by the council or be provided by the rules 
and regulations adopted by the council for the conduct of its work.

(Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418, Sec. 2, 39 Stat. 649.)


                   Termination of Advisory Commissions

    Advisory commissions in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, 
unless, in the case of a commission established by the President or an 
officer of the Federal Government, such commission is renewed by 
appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in 
the case of a commission established by the Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided by law. Advisory commissions 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 
commission established by the President or an officer of the Federal 
Government, such commission is renewed by appropriate action prior to 
the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a commission 
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.
