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 112 STAT. 2170 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 (g) INITIAL MEETING OF THE PANEL. —The panel shall conduct its first meeting not later than 30 days after the date that all the selections to the panel have been made. (h) REPORTS. —(1) Not later than 6 months after the date of the first meeting of the panel, the panel shall submit to the President and to Congress an initial report setting forth its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for improving Federal, State, and local domestic emergency preparedness to respond to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. (2) Not later than December 15 of each year, beginning in 1999 and ending in 2001, the panel shall submit to the President and to the Congress a report setting forth its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for improving Federal, State, and local domestic emergency preparedness to respond to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. (i) COOPERATION OF OTHER AGENCIES.— (1) The panel may secure directly from the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or any other Federal department or agency information that the panel considers necessary for the panel to carry out its duties. (2) The Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and any other official of the United States shall provide the panel with full and timely cooperation in carrying out its duties under this section. (j) FUNDING. —The Secretary of Defense shall provide the funds necessary for the panel to carry out its duties from the funds available to the Department of Defense for weapons of mass destruction preparedness initiatives. (k) COMPENSATION OF PANEL MEMBERS.— (1) Members of the panel shall serve without pay by reason of their work on the panel. (2) Members of the panel shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular place of business in performance of services for the panel. (1) TERMINATION OF THE PANEL. —The panel shall terminate three years after the date of the appointment of the member selected as chairman of the panel. (m) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term "weapon of mass destruction" has the meaning given that term in section 1403(1) of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)). TITLE XV—MATTERS RELATING TO ARMS CONTROL, EXPORT CONTROLS, AND COUNTER-PROLIFERATION Subtitle A—Arms Control Matters Sec. 1501. One-year extension of limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems.

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