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PUBLIC LAW 89-284-OCT. 22, 1965

shall cooperate with the State of Texas with respect to, and determine the extent to which the United States shall be a participant in and an exhibitor at, the exposition. (b) The President is authorized and requested, by proclamation or in such other manner as he may deem proper, to invite the several States of the Union and foreign countries to take part in the exposition. SEC. 3. (a) I n carrying out his duties under section 2(a) of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a planning staff to conduct a study to determine the manner in which and the extent to which the United States shall be a participant in and an exhibitor at the exposition, and to report thereon to the Secretary of Commerce and the President. (b)(1) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint, without regard to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, such consultants and experts as he deems to be necessary \o assist the planning staff established under subsection (a). Persons so appointed as consultants and experts, who are not otherwise employed by the United States, shall be (A) paid compensation at a rate not to exceed $100 per diem while engaged in the work of such planning staff, and (B) reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses incurred while so engaged, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (2) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of the members of such planning staff and such secretarial, clerical, and other staff assistants as may be necessary to enable such planning staff to perform its functions, without regard to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, except that no person appointed under this paragraph shall receive compensation at a rate in excess of that received by persjons under the Classification Act of 1949 for performing comparable duties. SEC. 4. The head of each department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government is authorized— (1) to cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce with respect tp determining the manner in which and the extent to which the United States shall be a participant in and an exhibitor at the exposition; and (2) to make available to the Secretary of Commerce, from time to time, on a reimbursable basis, such personnel as may be necessary to assist the Secretary of Commerce in carrying out his functions under this Act. SEC. 5. The President shall report to the Congress during the first regular session of Congress which begins after the date of enactment of this Act with respect to (1) the findings derived from the study referred to in section 3, together with such recommendations as the Secretary of Commerce and the President may deem appropriate concerning the most effective manner of representation of the United States at the exposition, and (2) the amount of appropriations which are necessary to accomplish such representation. SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $125,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved October 22, 1965, 12:25 p.m.

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Planning staff, report to Commerce Secretary and President.

Consultants, appointments and compensation. 63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.

60 Stat. 808; 75 Stat. 339, 340. Planning staff, appointment and compensation.

Other Federal a g e n c i e s, cooperation.

Report to Congress.

Appropriation,

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