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 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976 "(D) the Director determines that the proposed activities will be consistent with the education research and development program and dissemination activities which are being conducted by the Institute. "(3)(A) The Director shall establish a Panel for the Keview of Laboratory and Center Operations composed of not less than 10 members nor more than 20 members who shall be appointed by the Director from written recommendations submitted by educational laboratories and research and development centers which have submitted applications under the provisions of this subsection, and by associations of professional, commercial, scholarly, and educational associations, particularly associations or organizations engaged in educational research. " (B) The Panel shall— "(i) review, and prepare recommendations on, initial longrange plans suljmitted under paragraph (2)(C) (ii); " (ii) review the operation of the laboratories and centers receiving assistance under this subsection and make recommendations for the improvement and continuation of individual laboratories and centers and for the support of new laboratories and centers; and "(iii) not later than January 1, 1979, submit a final report to the Director and to the Congress containing such recommendations as the Panel considers appropriate and such interim reports as the Panel considers appropriate. "(C) Each member of the Panel who is not an officer or employee of the United States shall, while engaged in the business of the Panel, be entitled to receive compensation at not to exceed the daily rate specified at the time of such service for Grade GS-18 under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including traveltime. While so serving on the business of the Panel away from his home or regular place of business, each such member 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 intermittently employed in the Government service. "(D) The Director, for the use of the Panel, and pursuant to the recommendations of the Panel, is authorized— "(i) to appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in competitive service, and fix the compensation for, without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and general pay rates, such professional, technical, and clerical personnel as may be necessary; and "(ii) to procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. "(4) No regional edcational laboratory or research and development center receiving assistance under this subsection shall by reason of the receipt of such assistance be ineligible to receive any other assistance from the Institute authorized by law. "(g)(1) There is established within the Institute a Federal Council on Educational Eesearch and Development (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Federal Council'), "(2) The Federal Council shall be composed of representatives of Federal agencies engaged in research and development relating to education, and shall include, but not be limited to, a representative desig-

90 STAT. 2229

Panel for the Review of Laboratory and Center Operations. Establishment.

Federal Council on Educational Research and Development. Establishment.

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