Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/1087

 86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-522-OCT. 21, 1972

man after consultation with the Chairman of the Comicil on Environmental Quality, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences. (b) Except for United States Government employees, members of the Committee shall each be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Committee. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in Government service employed intermittently. (c) The Commission shall consult with the Committee on all studies and recommendations which it may propose to make or has made, on research programs conducted or proposed to be conducted under the authority of this Act, and on all applications for permits for scientific research. Any recommendations made by the Committee or any of its members which are not adopted by the Commission shall be transmitted by the Commission to the appropriate Federal agency and to the appropriate committees of Congress with a detailed explanation of the Commission's reasons for not accepting such recommendations.

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Compensation. 5 USC 5332 note.

80 Stat. 499; 83 Stat. 190. Recommendations.

Transmittal to Federal agency and congressional committees.

COMMISSION REPORTS

SEC. 204. The Commission shall transmit to Congress, by January 31 of each year, a report which shall include— (1) a description of the activities and accomplishments of the Commission during the immediately preceding year; and (2) all the findings and recommendations made by and to the Commission pursuant to feection 202 of this Act together with the responses made to these recommendations.

Report to Congress.

COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

SEC. 205. The Commission shall have access to all studies and data compiled by Federal agencies regarding marine mammals. With the consent of the appropriate Secretary or Agency head, the Commission may also utilize the facilities or services of any Federal agency and shall take every feasible step to avoid duplication of research and to carry out the purposes of this Act. ADMINISTRATION OP COMMISSION

SEC. 206. The Commission, in carrying out its responsibilities under this title, may— (1) employ and fix the compensation of such personnel; (2) acquire, furnish, and equip such office space; (3) enter into such contracts or agreements with other organizations, both public and private; ,„ (4) procure the services of such experts or consultants or an organization thereof as is authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code (but at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 so stat, 4i6. per diem); and (5) incur such necessary expenses and exercise such other powers, as are consistent with and reasonably required to perform its functions under this title. Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accomiting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) shall be provided the Commission by the General Serv-

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