Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/1207

 PUBLIC LAW 96-157—DEC. 27, 1979

93 STAT. 1175

representatives of professional organizations, representatives of the academic and research community, members of the business community, officials of neighborhood and community organizations, and the general public. A majority of the members of the Board, including the Chairman and Vice Chairman, shall not be full-time employees of Federal, State, or local governments. The Board, by majority vote, shall elect from among its members a Chairman and Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman is authorized to sit and act in the place of the Chairman in the absence of the Chairman. The Director shall also be a nonvoting member of the Board and shall not serve as Chairman or Vice Chairman. Vacancies in the membership of the Board shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the Board and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original appointment. The Chairman shall be provided by the Institute with at least one full-time staff assistant to assist the Board. The Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the Board and shall be ineligible to serve as Chairman or Vice Chairman. Except as otherwise provided herein, no more than one additional full-time Federal officer or employee shall serve as a member of the Board. "(b) The Board, after appropriate consultation with representatives of State and local governments, may make such rules respecting its organization and procedures as it deems necessary, except that no recommendation shall be reported from the Board unless a majority of the Board assents. "(c) The term of office of each member of the Board appointed under subsection (a) shall be three years except the first composition of the Board which shall have one-third of these members appointed to one-year terms, one-third to two-year terms, and one-third to threeyear terms; and any such member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. Such members shall be appointed within ninety days after the date of enactment of the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979. The members of the Board appointed under subsection (a) shall receive compensation for each day engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Board at rates of pay not in excess of the daily equivalent of the highest rate of basic pay then payable in the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, United States Code, and in addition shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses. No voting member shall serve for more than two consecutive terms. "(d) The Board shall— "(1) recommend the policies and priorities of the Institute; "(2) create, where necessary, formal peer review procedures over selected categories of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; "(3) recommend to the President at least three candidates for the position of Director of the Institute in the event of a vacancy; and "(4) undertake such additional related tasks as the Board may deem necessary. "(e) In addition to the powers and duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Director shall exercise such powers and duties of the Board as may be delegated to the Director by the Board.

Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Terms of office.

Compensation.

5 USC 5332 note. Limitation. Duties.

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