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PUBLIC LAW 90-l!Q(M)CT. 3, 1967

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chologists, criminologists, jurists, lawyers, and others from organizations and professions who have special and practical competence or experience with respect to obscenity laws and their application to juveniles. (b) MEMBERSHIP or THE COMMISSION.—The Commission shall be composed of eighteen members appointed by the President. (c) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy m the Commission shall be filled by appointment by the President. (d) ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members. (e) QUORUM.—Ten members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but five members shall be sufficient for the purpose of taking testimony or interrogating witnesses. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 3. (a) MEMBERS EMPLOYED BY UNITED STATES.—Members of the

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Commission who are officers or full-time employees of the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees of the United States; but they shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, ^^g authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (b)

OTHER MEMBERS.—Members of the Commission who are

not

officers or full-time employees of the United States shall each receive $75 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. In addition, they shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. STAFF OF THE

COMMISSION

SEC. 4. Such personnel as the Commission. deems necessary may be appointed by the Commission without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid without regard to the provisions 80 Stat. 443.467, of chapter 51 and subtitle III of chapter 53 of such title relating to 5 us^' 5101 et classification and General Schedule pay rates. seq, 5331 et

seq. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION

5. (a) INVESTIGATION AND KECOMMENDATIONS.—It shall be the duty of the Commission— (1) with the aid of leading constitutional law authorities, to analyze the laws pertaining to the control of obscenity and pornography; and to evaluate and recommend definitions of obscenity and pornography; (2) to ascertain the methods employed in the distribution of obscene and pornographic materials and to explore the nature and volume of traffic in such materials; (3) to study the effect of obscenity and pornography upon the public, and particularly minors, and its relationship to crime and other antisocial behavior; and (4) to recommend such legislative, administrative, or other advisable and appropriate action as the Commission deems necessary to regulate effectively the flow of such traffic, without in any way interfering with constitutional rights. SEC.

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