Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 4.djvu/91

 PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3061

Commission may hold such hearings, take such testimony, and sit and act at such time and places as the Commission considers appropriate. (e) PERSONNEL.— (1) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.—

(A) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of an executive secretary to effectively carry out the functions of the Commission. (B) COMPENSATION.—The executive secretary shall be appointed subject to title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and shall receive compensation in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. (2) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall, to

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extent practicable, provide the Commission with such additional professional and clerical staff, such information, and the services of such consultants as the Commission determines to be necessary to carry out its functions effectively. (f) COMPENSATION.— (1) OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—

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. (2) NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS.—Members of the

Commission who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government shall receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for Grade GS18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) that such members are engaged in the performance of their duties as members of the Commission. (3) EXPENSES.—All members of the Commission, while serving away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as such expenses are authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in Government Service employed intermittently. (g) DUTIES.—

(1) STUDY.—The Commission shall— (A) conduct a comprehensive study of the present state of knowledge of the incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality resulting from sleep disorders, and of the social and economic impact of such disorders; (B) evaluate the public and private facilities and resources (including trained personnel and research activities) available for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research into, such disorders; and (C) identify programs (including biological, physiological, behavioral, environmental, and social programs) by which improvement in the management and research into sleep disorders can be accomplished. (2) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—Based on the study conducted under paragraph (1), the Commission shall develop a long-range plan for the use and organization of national resources to effectively deal with sleep disorders research and medicine.

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