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PUBLIC LAW 88-3T6-JULT14, 1964

and their successors, are hereby created and declared to be a body corporate, by name of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (hereinafter called the corporation), and by such name shall be known, and have perpetual succession and the powers, limitations, and restrictions contained in this Act. COMPLETION OF ORGANIZATION

SEC. 2. The persons named in the first section of this Act are authorized to complete the organization of the corporation by the selection of officers and employees, the adoption of bylaws, not inconsistent with this Act, and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such purpose. OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF CORPORATION

SEC. 3. The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be— (1) to collect, analyze, develop, and disseminate in the public interest information and recommendations about (a) protection against radiation (referred to herein as "radiation protection"), and (b) radiation measurements, quantities^ and units, particularly those concerned with radiation protection; (2) to provide a means by which organizations concerned with the scientific and related aspects of radiation protection and of radiation quantities, units^ and measurements may cooperate for effective utilization of their combined resources, and to stimulate the work of such organizations; (3) to develop basic concepts about radiation quantities, units, and measurements, about the application of these concepts, and about radiation protection; (4) to cooperate with the International Commission on Radiological Protection, the Federal Radiation Council, the International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements, and other national and international organizations, governmental and private, concerned with radiation quantities, units, and measurements and with radiation protection. POWERS OF CORPORATION

SEC. 4. The corporation shall have power— (1) To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of competent I'urisdiction. (2j To adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal. (3) To choose such officers, directors, trustees, managerSj agents, and employees as the business of the corporation may require. (4) To adopt, amend, and alter bylaws not inconsistent with the laws of the United States of America or of any State in which the corporation is to operate, for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs. (5) To make contracts. (6) To take and hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, or bequest, or by any other method, any property, real or personal, necessary or proper for attaining the objects and carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation, subject, jfiowever, to applicable provisions of law of any State or the District of Columbia (a) governing the amount or kind of such property which may be held by, or (b) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of any such property by a corporation operating in such State or the District of Columbia.

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