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 570 ^s^^stat^ 417.

5 USC 2211.

PUBLIC LAW 89-136-AUG. 26, 1965

[79 STAT.

(c) Subsection (e) of section 303 of the Federal Executive Salary ^(,^ Qf ^954. jg amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "'(100) Administrator for Economic Development.'ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 602. The Secretary shall appoint a National Public Advisory Committee on Regional Economic Development which shall consist of twenty-five members and shall be composed of representatives of labor, management, agriculture, State and local governments, and the public in general. From the members appointed to such Committee the Secretary shall designate a Chairman. Such Committee, or any duly established subcommittee thereof, shall from time to time make recommendations to the Secretary relative to the carrying out of his duties under this Act. Such Committee shall hold not less than two meetings during each calendar year. CONSULTATION WITH OTHER PERSONS AND AGENCIES

SEC. 603. (a) The Secretary is authorized from time to time to call together and confer with any persons, including representatives of labor, management, agriculture, and government, who can assist in meeting the problems of area and regional unemployment or underemployment. (b) The Secretary may make provision for such consultation with interested departments and agencies as he may deem appropriate in the performance of the functions vested in him by this Act. TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOT^S P O W E R S O F SECRETARY

SEC. 701. In performing his duties under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to— (1) adopt, alter, and use a seal, which shall he judicially noticed; (2) hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, and take such testimony, as he may.deem advisable; (3) request directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics needed to carry out the purposes of this Act; and each department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment or instrumentality is authorized to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Secretary; (4) under regulations prescribed by him, assign or sell at public or private sale, or otherwise dispose of for cash or credit, in his discretion and upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as he shall determine to be reasonable, any evidence of debt, contract, claim, personal property, or security assigned to or held by him in connection with loans made or evidences of indebtedness purchased under this Act, and collect or compromise all obligations assigned to or held by him in connection with such loans or evidences of indebtedness until such time as such obligations may be referred to the Attorney General for suit or collection; (5) further extend the maturity of or renew any loan made or evidence of indebtedness purchased under this Act, beyond the periods stated in such loan or evidence of indebtedness or in this

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