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PUBLIC LAW 89-239-OCT. 6, 1965

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afford such access thereto as the Surgeon General may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and "(4) any laborer or meclianic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction aided by payments pursuant to any grant under this section will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the I)avis-]-5acon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 27a—2T6a-5); and the Secretary of Labor shall have, 78'*sta!^*23ir^' with respect to the labor standards sj^ecified in this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Keorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 817(5; 5 U.S.C. 18nz-15) and sec- ^^ Stat. i267. tion 2 of the Act of June V% 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 27r)c). " Stat. los. "NATIONAL

ADVISORY C O U N C I L

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"SEC. 905. (a) The Surgeon General, with the approval of the ^f'Pg°Jf ""'"* °^ Secretary, may appoint, without regard to the civil service laws, a National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs. The Council shall consist of the Surgeon General, who shall be the chairman, and twelve members, not otherwise in the regular full-time emjiloy of the United States, who are leaders in the fields of the fundamental sciences, the medical sciences, or public affairs. At least two of the appointed members shall be practicing physicians, one shall be outstanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of heart disease, one shall be outstanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer, and one shall be oustanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of stroke. "(b) Each appointed member of the Council shall hold office for Term of oifice, a term of four years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was api^ointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and except that the terms of office of the members first takhig office shall expire, as designated by the Surgeon General at the time of appointment, four at the end of the first year, four at the end of the second year, and four at the end of the third year after the date of appointment. An appointed member shall not be eligible to serve contijiuously for more than two terms, "(c) Appointed memhers of the Council, while attending meet- compensation. ings or conferences thereof or otherwise serving on business of the Council, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including traveltime, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 / 5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Governys%^'%fXo inent service employed intermittently. " (d) The Council shall advise and assist the Surgeon General in the Applications for jn-eparation of regulations for, and as to policy matters arising with mTndations!'"' respect to, the administration of this title. The Council shall consider all applications for grants under this title and shall make recommendations to the Surgeon General with respect to approval of applications for and the amounts of orants under this title.

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