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 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 1395 CHAPTER 1509—NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS Sec. 150901. Organization. 150902. Purposes. 150903. Membership. - 150904. Governing body. 150905. Powers. 150906. Restrictions. 150907. Principal office. 150908. Records and inspection. 150909. Statement required in audit report. 150910. Service of process. 150911. Liability for acts of officers and agents. 150912. Distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation. §150901. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER. — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation. (b) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE.— Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. § 150902. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are— (1) to collect, analyze, develop, and disseminate in the public interest information and recommendations about— (A) protection against radiation; and (B) radiation measurements, quantities, and units, particularly those concerned with protection against radiation; (2) to provide a means by which organizations concerned with the scientific and related aspects of protection against radiation and of radiation quantities, units, and measurements may cooperate for effective use of their combined resources, and to stimulate the work of those organizations; (3) to develop basic concepts about— (A) radiation quantities, units, and measurements; (B) the application of those concepts; and (C) protection against radiation; and (4) to cooperate with the International Commission on Radiological Protection, the Federal Radiation Council, the International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements, and other national and international organizations, governmental and private, concerned with radiation quantities, units, and measurements and with protection against radiation. §150903. Membership (a) ELIGIBILITY. —Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the bylaws. (b) VOTING.—Each member (except an honorary or associate member) has one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members. §150904. Governing body (a) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—(1) The board of directors is the governing body of the corporation. Between meetings of the corporation, the board is responsible for the general policies and program

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