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 104 STAT. 480 PUBLIC LAW 101-379—AUG. 18, 1990 General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day, including traveltime, such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties (including service on a task force) authorized by the Commission. (B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), a member of the Commission who is otherwise an officer or employee of the United States Government or the State of Alaska shall serve on the Commission without additional compensation. (C) All members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses during the performance of duties of the Commission while away from home or their regular place of business, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. (D) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, no individual appointed to the Commission by the Governor of the State of Alaska under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall participate in the proceedings of the Commission, vote on business of the Commission, or receive any compensation or expense reimbursement under this section until the State of Alaska and the President have concluded an equitable agreement to share the expenses incurred by the Commission. In the event that such an agreement is not reached within a reasonable period of time, the members of the Commission described in any clause of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) other than clause (ii) shall proceed with the work of the Commission without the participation of the individuals appointed under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) and the quorum required for the transaction of the business of the Commission shall be 4 members of the Commission appointed under paragraph (2)(A)(i). (5) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the State of Alaska, (c) The Commission shall— (1) conduct a comprehensive study of— (A) the social and economic status of Alaska Natives, and (B) the effectiveness of those policies and programs of the United States, and of the State of Alaska, that affect Alaska Natives, (2) conduct public hearings on the subjects of such study, (3) recommend specific actions to the Congress and to the State of Alaska that— (A) help to assure that Alaska Natives have life opportunities comparable to other Americans, while respecting their unique traditions, cultures, and special status as Alaska Natives, (B) address, among other things, the needs of Alaska Natives for self-determination, economic self-sufficiency, improved levels of educational achievement, improved health status, and reduced incidence of social problems, (4) in developing those recommendations, respect the important cultural differences which characterize Alaska Native groups, (5) submit, by no later than the date that is eighteen months after the date of the first meeting of the Commission, a report on the study, together with the recommendations developed under paragraph (3), to the President, the Congress, the Governor of the State of Alaska, and the legislature of the State of Alaska, and

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