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 78 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 88-444-AUG. 19, 1964

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where accelerated technological advancements will yield general benefits, and assess the proper relationship between governmental and private investment in the application of new technologies to large-scale human and community needs; (e) recommend, in addition to those actions which are the responsibility of management and labor, specific administrative and legislative steps which it believes should be taken by the Federal, State, and local governments in meeting their responsibilities (1) to support and promote technological change m the interest of continued economic growth and improved well-being of our people, (2) to continue and adopt measures which will facilitate occupational adjustment and geographical mobility, and (3) to share the costs and help prevent and alleviate the adverse impact of change on displaced workers. SEC. 2. I n order to carry out the objectives of this Act there is Establishment. hereby established the National Commission on Technologj', Automation, and Economic Progress, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission". SEC. 3. The Commission shall be composed of fourteen members Membership. appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among persons outside the Government with a competency in the areas to be dealt with by the Commission. The Commission shall be broadly representative and shall include not less than four members drawn equally from labor and management. One of the members shall be designated by the President as Chairman of the Commission. Eight members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its power, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. SEC. 4. The Commission shall make a comprehensive and impartial Duties. study and make recommendations from time to time as needed for constructive action in the areas designated in section 1 of this Act. SEC. 5. Members of the Commission appointed from outside Gov- Pay. ernment shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties of the Commission. Federal Intei^ SEC, 6. There is hereby established a Federal Interagency Commit- agency Corntee consisting of the heads of the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, mitte Commerce, Defense, Health, Education, and Welfare, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, or their designees, to advise the Commission and to maintain effective liaison with the resources of such departments and agencies. The Secretaries of Labor and of Commerce shall serve as Cochairmen of the Committee. SEC. 7. (a) The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix Personnel. the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, without regard to the provision of the civil service laws and the Classification 954. Act of 1949, as amended. In addition, the Commission may procure 63uStat. 1071 5 se temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized note. for the departments by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Ante, p. 400. 5 USC 55a. Stat. 810), but at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for individuals. (b) The President is authorized to appoint by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and, without regard to the provisions of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to fix the compensation of.

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