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 PUBLIC LAW 105-92—NOV. 19, 1997 111 STAT. 2143 "(E) the Chairman and ranking Member of the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate; "(F) the Chairman and ranking Member of the Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education of the Senate and House of Representatives; and "(G) the parties referred to in subsection (b). " (3) ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— T here shall be not more than 200 additional participants. Of such additional participants— "(i) one-half shall be appointed by the President, in consultation with the elected leaders of the President's party in Congress (either the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and either the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader of the Senate; and "(ii) one-half shall be appointed by the elected leaders of Congress of the party to which the President does not belong (one-half of that allotment to be appointed by eimer the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and one-half of that allotment to be appointed by either the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader of the Senate). "(B) APPOINTMENT REQUIREMENTS. —The additional participants described in subparagraph (A) shall be— "(i) appointed not later than January 31, 1998; "(ii) selected without regard to political affiliation or past partisan activity; and "(iii) representative of the diversity of thought in the fields of employee benefits and retirement income savings. "(4) PRESIDING OFFICERS.— The National Summit shall be presided over equally by representatives of the executive and legislative brancnes. "(f) NATIONAL SUMMIT ADMINISTRATION.— "(1) ADMINISTRATION.— In administering this section, the Secretary shall— "(A) request the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies and other parties referred to in subsection (b) as may be appropriate in the carrying out of this section; "(B) furnish all reasonable assisteince to State agencies, area agencies, and other appropriate organizations to enable them to organize and conduct conferences in conjunction with the National Summit; "(C) make available for public comment a proposed Public agenda for the National Summit that reflects to the great- information, est extent possible the purposes for the National Summit set out in this section; "(D) prepare and make available background materials for the use of participants in the National Summit that the Secretary considers necessary; and "(E) appoint and fix the pay of such additional personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section without regard to provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive

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