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 PUBLIC LAW 107-12 —MAY 30, 2001 115 STAT. 21 (4) OPERATION OF THE BOARD. — (A) CHAIRMAN. —The Chairman of the Board shall be elected by the members of the Board from among the members of the Board. (B) MEETINGS.— The Board shall conduct its first Deadline, meeting not later than 90 days after the appointment of ^ the last member appointed of the initial group of members appointed to the Board. Thereafter, the Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman of the Board. The Board shall meet not less often than twice each year. (C) VOTING AND RULES.—^A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum to conduct business, but the Board may establish a lesser quorum for conducting hearings scheduled by the Board. The Bogu-d may establish by majority vote any other rules for the conduct of the Board's business, if such rules are not inconsistent with this Act or other applicable law. (c) DUTIES.—The Board shall select candidates as recipients of the Medal of Valor from among those applications received by the National Medal of Valor Office. Not more often than once each year, the Board shall present to the Attorney General the name or names of those it recommends as Medal of Valor recipients. In a given year, the Board shall not be required to select any recipients but may not select more than 5 recipients. The Attorney General may in extraordinary cases increase the number of recipients in a given year. The Board shall set an annual timetable for fulfilling its duties under this Act. (d) HEARINGS. — cU.: (1) IN GENERAL.— The Board may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, administer such oaths, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Board con- ' siders advisable to carry out its duties. (2) WITNESS EXPENSES. —Witnesses requested to appear before the Board may be paid the same fees as are paid to witnesses under section 1821 of title 28, United States Code. The per diem and mileage allowances for witnesses shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Board. (e) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— The Board may secure directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the Board considers necessary to carry out its duties. Upon the request of the Boeu-d, the head of such department or agency may furnish such information to the Board. (f) INFORMATION TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.—The Board shall not disclose any information which may compromise an ongoing law enforcement investigation or is otherwise required by law to be kept confidential. SEC. 4. BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS. 42 USC 15203. (a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each member of the Board shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Board. ..= ^

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