Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/958

 92 STAT. 3590

Term of office.

G>inpensation.

5 USC 5332 note.

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978 (2) The Secretary shall designate, at the time of appointment of members of the panel, one member to serve as chairperson and another to serve as vice chairperson of the panel. (3) Members of the panel shall serve for the life of the panel and the Secretary shall appoint individuals to fill vacancies on the panel as they may arise. (4) Each member of the panel (who is not a full-time officer or employee of the United States) shall be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the panel. All the members of the panel shall be allowed, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the panel, 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 of title 5, United States Code. (d)(1) Upon the request of the panel, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency to the panel to assist the panel in carrying out its functions. (2) The Secretary shall provide the panel with such administrative services and facilities as may be required to carry out its functions. (e)(1) The panel may, for purposes of carrying out its functions, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and appoint such advisory committees as it may deem advisable. (2) The panel may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to carry out its functions. Upon request of the chairperson of the panel, the head of each such department or agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, furnish the information and otherwise cooperate with the panel. (f) The panel shall cease to exist ninety days after the date of submittal of the report described in subsection (b)(1)(C). (g) There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, to carry out this section. Sums appropriated under this subsection shall remain available for expenditure until the date the panel ceases to exist. TITLE III—REVIEW REVIEW

42 USC 300a-29. 42 USC 300Z-2, 300in-3.

SEC. 301. A grant or contract made under this Act shall be considered, for purposes of sections 1513(e) and 1524(c)(6) of the Public Health Service Act, to be a grant or contract made under that Act. TITLE IV—RESOURCES FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND H E A L T H PROMOTION

42 USC 247b-l.

SEC. 401. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall undertake or support (through grants or contracts or both) five intensive and comprehensive community based programs in both rural and urban areas for the purpose of demonstrating and evaluating optimal methods for organizing and delivering comprehensive preventive health services to defined populations.

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