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PUBLIC LAW 93-556-DEC. 27, 1974

(b) The Commission shall select a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members. (c) Seven members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. (d) Any vacancies in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), members of the Commission shall each receive as compensation the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 for each day (including travel time) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. (b) Members of the Commission who are Members of Congress or who are full-time officers or employees of the United States shall receive no additional compensation for their service on the Commission. (c) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for 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 6 of the United States Code.

44 USC 3501 note. 5 USC 5332 note.

Travel expenses.

POWERS o r THE COMMISSION

SEC. 6. (a) The Commission, or at its direction, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence and administer such oaths, as the Commission or such subcommittee or member may deem advisable. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of such evidence may be required from any place within the United States at any designated place of hearing within the United States. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or before such subcommittee or member. (b)(1) The Commission may require by subpenas the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers and documents as the Commission may deem advisable. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the Chairman or Vice Chairman and may be served by any person designated by the Chairman or Vice Chairman. The subpenas of the Commission shall be served in a manner provided for subpenas issued by a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the United States district courts. (2) If a person issued a subpena under paragraph (1) is guilty of contumacy or refuses to obey such subpena, any district court of the United States within the judicial district within which the hearing is conducted or within the judicial district within which such person is found or resides or transacts business may, upon application made by the Attorney General of the United States, order such person to appear before the Commission or a subcommittee or member thereof, to produce evidence or to give testimony touching the matter under inquiry. Any failure of any such person to obey any such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), a person shall be excused from testifying or from producing such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers or documents or other evidence in obedience to a subpena if such person states in writing to the court ordering his attendance and testimony that the required testimony or

Hearings. 44 USC 3501 note.

Subpena power,,

28 USC app. Enforcement and punishment.

Exceptions.

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