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PUBLIC LAW 85-133-AUG. 14, 1957

[71 STAT,

Members of such coDunittees shall be entitled to travel expenses and per diem authorized by the Act of Auj^ust 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 69 Stat. 394. 73 b - 2), for all persons employed intermittently as consultants or experts receiving compensation on a per diem basis; (3) to enter into contracts without regard to section 3648 of 60 Stat. 809. ^j^^ Rcvised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529); (4) to use with their consent the available services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of other agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government on a reimbursable basis when appropriate, and on a similar basis to cooperate with other agencies and instrumentalities in the use of services, equipment, and facilities of the Board; (5) to place in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule 5 USC fVo7inote. established by the Classification Act of 1919, as amended, not to exceed twenty positions. Any such position shall be additional l^xMc'nos! ^^ t^^^ number authorized by section 505 of that Act and shall be subject to the standards and procedures of such section; (6) to establish and fix the compensation for not to exceed five positions of officers and employees of the Board of a scientific or professional nature without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, each such position being established to effectuate those research, development and related activities of the Board which require the services of specially qualified scientific or professional personnel. The rates of basic compensation for positions established pursuant to this subsection shall not stat^.^fi.'^^*'^''^ exceed the maximum rate payable under Public Law 313, 5 USC 'i7ip. Eightieth Congress, as amended, and Public Law 854, Eighty5 uicf 2'2o^note. fourth Cougrcss, and shall be subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission. Positions created pursuant to this subsection shall be included in the classified civil service of the United States, but appointment to such positions shall be made without competitive examination upon approval of the proposed appointee's qualifications by the Civil Service Commission or such officers or agents as it may designate for this purpose; and (7) to construct, improve, or renovate laboratories and other test facilities and to purchase or otherwise acquire real property required therefor. (d) With the approval of the President, members of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, or the Marine Corps, may be detailed by the appropriate Secretary, pursuant to cooperative agreements with the Board, for services in performance of functions under this Act to the same extent to which they might lawfully have been assigned to such service in the Department of Defense. DUTIES OF THE C H A I R M A N

SEC. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, and in the selection of systems, procedures, facilities, and devices, the Board shall assign to the Chairman responsibility for carrying out activities of the Board. Included among the responsibilities of the Chairman shall be (1) the appointment and supervision of personnel employed under the Board, (2) the distribution of business among such personnel and among administrative units of the Board, and (3) the use and expenditure of funds. (b)(1) I n carrying out any of his functions under the provisions of this section, the Chairman shall be governed by general policies of the Board. (2) The appointment by the Chairman of the heads of major administrative units under the Board shall be subject to the approval of the Board.

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