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Reports.

Contracts.

PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987

(A) shall evaluate the extent to which each proposal and the proposed sponsoring agreement would foster competent and objective technical advice for the Strategic Defense Initiative Program; and (B) shall report their evaluation of each such proposal and of the proposed sponsoring agreement to the Secretary. (4) Before awarding a contract under subsection (b), and not sooner than March 30, 1989, the Secretary shall submit to Congress— (A) a copy of the proposed final contract; and (B) a copy of the proposed final sponsoring agreement relating to the operation of the new FFRDC. (5)(A) The Secretary shall then withhold the award of such contract and the approval of such sponsoring agreement for a period of at least 30 days of continuous session of Congress beginning on the day after the date on which Congress receives the copies referred to in paragraph (4). (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment sine die at the end of the second regular session of that Congress. In computing the 30-day period for such purposes, days on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain shall be excluded. (d) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FFRDC.—The Secretary of Defense shall— (1) require that the contract referred to in subsection (b) include a provision stating that no officer or employee of the Department of Defense shall have the authority to veto the employment of any person selected to serve as an officer or employee of the new FFRDC; (2) require that at least 5 percent of the total amount of funds available for the new FFRDC shall be set aside for independent research to be performed by the staff of the new FFRDC under the direction of the chief executive officer of the new FFRDC; (3) impose a limitation on the compensation payable to each " senior executive of the new FFRDC for services performed for the new FFRDC so that such compensation shall be comparable to the amount of compensation payable to senior executives of comparable federally funded research and development centers for similar services; (4) require that the new FFRDC publicly disclose the salary of its chief executive officer; (5) prohibit current or former members of the Strategic Defense Initiative Advisory Committee from serving as members of the Board of Trustees of the FFRDC if such members constitute 10 or more percent of the Board of Trustees or from serving as officers of the new FFRDC; (6) require that the contract referred to in subsection (b) include a provision prohibiting members of such Board of Trustees from serving as officers of the new FFRDC, except that a f '^ Board member may serve as the President of the new FFRDC if the Board is comprised of 10 or more members; (7) require that the contract referred to in subsection 0)) include a provision prohibiting the new FFRDC from employing any person who, as a Federal employee or member of the Armed Forces, served in the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization

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