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 PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 3207-110

council approval is required under section 507(e)(2), and recommend for approval applications for projects which show promise of making valuable contributions to human knowledge; and "(iii) may review any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement proposed to be made or entered into by the Institute; "(B) may collect, by correspondence or by personal investigation, information as to studies which are being carried on in the United States or any other country as to the diseases, disorders, or other aspect of human health with respect to which the Institute was established and with the approval of the Director of the Institute make available such information through appropriate publications for the benefit of public and private health entities and health professions personnel and scientists and for the information of the general public; and "(C) may appoint subcommittees and convene workshops and conferences. "(b)(1) Each advisory council shall consist of nonvoting ex officio members and not more than 12 members appointed by the Secretary. "(2) The ex officio members of an advisory council shall consist of— "(A) the Secretary, the Administrator, the Director of the Institute for which the advisory council is established, the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration, and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (or the designees of such officers), and "(B) such additional officers or employees of the United States as the Secretary determines necessary for the advisory council to effectively carry out its functions. "(3) The members of an advisory council who are not ex officio members shall be appointed as follows: "(A) Nine of the members shall be appointed by the Secretary from among the leading representatives of the health and scientific disciplines (including public health and the behavioral or social sciences) relevant to the activities of the Institute for which the advisory council is established. "(B) Three of the members shall be appointed by the Secretary from the general public and shall include leaders in fields of public policy, public relations, law, health policy, economics, and management. "(4) Members of an advisory council who are officers or employees of the United States shall not receive any compensation for service on the advisory council. The other members of an advisory council shall receive, for each day (including travel time) they are engeiged in the performance of the functions of the advisory council, compensation at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule. "(c) The term of office of an appointed member of an advisory council is 4 years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term shall be appointed for the remainder of such term and the Secretary shall make appointments to an advisory council in such manner as to ensure that the terms of the members do not all expire in the same year. A member may serve after the expiration of the member's term until a successor has taken office. A member who has been appointed for a term of 4 years may not be reappointed to an advisory council before 2 years

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