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 560 Menibers.

Meetings.

Compensation.

63 Stat. 166. 5 USC 835 note.

Officers and employeesr

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.

Hearings.

Information, etc., from a g e n c i e s.

P er s o n n e l o f other a g e n c i e s.

PUBLIC LAW 256-AUG. 13, 1953

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SEC. 4. The Committee shall be composed of the Secretary of Defense or his designee, the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee, the Secretary of Commerce or his designee, the Secretary of the Interior or his designee, the Director of the National Science Foundation or his designee, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or his designee, and five members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among persons in private life of outstanding ability in the fields of science, agriculture, and business. A vacancy in the Committee shall not affect its powers but shall be filled in the same manner that the original appointment was made. SEC. 5. The President shall appoint the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee. The Chairman shall be appointed from among those persons appointed to the Committee from private life. SEC. 6. The Committee shall hold at least two meetings a year, approximately six months apart, and, on due notice, shall meet at such other times as the Committee may determine. Six members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. SEC. 7. The members of the Committee who are in the executive branch of the Government shall receive no additional compensation for their services on the Committee. The members from private life shall each receive $50 per diem when engaged in the performance of duties vested in the Committee. All members of the Committee shall be reimbursed in accordance with the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended, for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of duties vested in the Committee. SEC. 8. The Committee shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Committee, including one executive secretary at a salary not exceeding $12,000 per annum. Officers and employees other than the executive secretary shall be appointed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, except that to the extent the Committee deems such action necessary to the discharge of its responsibilities, personnel for positions requiring scientific or special qualifications may be employed and their compensation fixed without regard to such laws. The Committee shall make adequate provision for administrative review of any determination to dismiss any employee. SEC. 9. (a) The Committee, or any member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, and take such testimony as the Committee shall deem advisable. Any member of the Committee may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Committee or before such member. (b) The Committee is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directlj to the Committee, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman. (c) The Committee may, with the consent of the agency concerned, accept and utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the personnel of any other agency of the Federal Government.

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