Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 5.djvu/297

 PUBLIC LAW 99-660—NOV. 14, 1986 >

100 STAT. 3771

INCREASE FOR INFLATION

"SEC. 2118. The compensation under subsections (a)(2) and (a)(4) of Effective date. section 2115 and the civil penalty under section 2127(b) shall, effec- 42 USC tive December 1 of each year beginning 1 year after the effective 300aa-18. date of this title, be increased by the percent change in the Consumer Price Index for the base quarter of such year over the Consumer Price Index for the base quarter of the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest Vi o of 1 percent. For purposes of this section, the term 'base quarter', as used with respect to a year, means the calendar quarter ending on September 30 of such year and the price index for a base quarter is the arithmetical mean of such index for the 3 months comprising such quarter. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CHILDHOOD VACCINES

"SEC. 2119. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Advisory 42 USC Commission on Childhood Vaccines. The Commission shall be com- 300aa-19. posed of: "(1) Nine members appointed by the Secretary as follows: "(A) Three members who are health professionals, who are not employees of the United States, and who have expertise in the health care of children, the epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of childhood diseases, and the adverse reactions associated with vaccines, of whom at least two shall be pediatricians. "(B) Three members from the general public, of whom at least two shall be legal representatives of children who have suffered a vaccine-related injury or death. "(C) Three members who are attorneys, of whom at least i one shall be an attorney whose specialty includes representation of persons who have suffered a vaccine-related injury or death and of whom one shall be an attorney whose specialty includes representation of vaccine manufacturers. "(2) The Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (or the designees of such officials), each of whom shall be a nonvoting ex officio member. The Secretary shall select members of the Commission within 90 days of the effective date of this subtitle. The members of the Commission shall select a Chair from among the members. "(b) TERM OF OFFICE.—Appointed members of the Commission

shall be appointed for a term of office of 3 years, except that of the members first appointed, 3 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 3 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, as determined by the Secretary. "(c) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall first meet within 60 days after all members of the Commission are appointed, and thereafter shall meet not less often than four times per year and at the call of the chair. A quorum for purposes of a meeting is 5. A decision at a meeting is to be made by a ballot of a majority of the voting members of the Commission. "(d) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Commission who are officers or employees of the Federal Government shall serve as members of the Commission without compensation in addition to that received in their regular public employment. Members of the

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