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PUBLIC LAW 86-380-SEPT. 24, 1969

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(2) provide a forum for discussing the administration and coordination of Federal grant and other programs requiring intergovernmental cooperation; (3) give critical attention to the conditions and controls involved in the administration of Federal grant programs; (4:) make available technical assistance to the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government in the review of proposed legislation to determine its overall effect on the Federal system; (5) encourage discussion and study at an early stage of emerging public problems that are likely to require intergovernmental cooperation; (6) recommend, within the framework of the Constitution, the most desirable allocation of governmental functions, responsibilities, and revenues among the several levels of government; and (T) recommend methods of coordinating and simplifying tax laws and administrative practices to achieve a more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationship between the levels of government and to reduce the burden of compliance for taxpayers. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall be composed of twenty-six members, as follows: (1) Six appointed by the President of the United States, three of whom shall be officers of the executive branch of the Government, and three private citizens, all of whom shall have had experience or familiarity with relations between the levels of government; (2) Three appointed by the President of the Senate, who shall be Members of the Senate; (3) Three appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be Members of the House; (4) Four appointed by the President from a panel of at least eight Governors submitted by the Governors' Conference; (5) Three appointed b ^ the President from a panel of at least six members of State legislative bodies submitted by the board of managers of the Council of State Governments; (6) Four appointed by the President from a panel of at least eight mayors submitted jointly by the American Municipal Association and the United States Conference of Mayors; (7) Three appointed by the President from a panel of at least six elected county officers submitted by the National Association of County Officials. (b) The members appointed from private life under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation; of each class of members enumerated in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a), two shall be from the majority party of the respective houses; of each class of members enumerated in paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) of subsection (a), not more than two shall be from any one political party; of each class of members enumerated in paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) of subsection (a), not more than one shall be from any one State; at least two of the appointees under paragraph (6) of subsection (a) shall be from cities under five hundred thousand population. (c) The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be two years, but members shall be eligible for reappointment.

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