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PUBLIC LAW 93-348-JULY 12, 1974

[88 STAT.

TITLE II—PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS OF B I O M E D I C A L AND B E H A VI O R A L R E S E A R C H PART A—NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF H U M A N SUBJECTS OF BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION 42 USC 289/-1 note.

Membership.

Term.

Compensation.

5 USC 5332 note.

Travel expenses.

Chairman. Personnel. 5 USC 101 et seq. 5 USC 5101, 5331, 5332 note.

SEC. 201. (a) There is established a Commission to be known as the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Commission"). (b)(1) The Commission shall be composed of eleven members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Secretary"). The Secretary shall select members of the Commission from individuals distinguished in the fields of medicine, law, ethics, theology, the biological, physical, behavioral and social sciences, philosophy, humanities, health administration, government, and public affairs; but five (and not more than five) of the members of the Commission shall be individuals who are or who have been engaged in biomedical or behavioral research involving human subjects. In appointing members of the Commission, the Secretary shall give consideration to recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences and other appropriate entities. Members of the Commission shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Commission within sixty days of the date of the enactment of this Act. (2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B)„members of the Commission shall each be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual rate of the basic pay in effect for ^rade GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the Commission. (B) Members of the Commission who are full-time officers or employees of the United States shall receive no additional pay on account of their service on the Commission. (C) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of duties of the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5 of the United States Code. (c) The chairman of the Commission shall be selected by the members of the Commission from among their number. (d)(1) The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of such staff personnel as it deems desirable. Such personnel shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. (2) The Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5 of the United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule.

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