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 PUBLIC LAW 96-190—FEB. 12, 1980 governments, local governments, business organizations, the academic or research community, neighborhood organizations, community organizations, consumer organizations, the legal profession, and State courts. (2) A vacancy in the Advisory Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. (3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed for terms which expire at the end ofSeptemberSO, 1984. (B) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of such member was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of the term. (d) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Advisory Board, members of the Advisory Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Federal Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. The members of the Advisory Board shall receive no compensation for their services except as provided in this subsection. (e) The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission may advise and consult with the Attorney General, and may consult with the Center, regarding matters within its jurisdiction.

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Vacancies. Terms.

Travel expenses and per diem.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

SEC. 8, (a) The Attorney General may provide financial assistance 28 USC app in the form of grants to applicants who have submitted, in accordance with subsection (c), applications for the purpose of improving existing dispute resolution mechanisms or establishing new dispute resolution mechanisms, O> As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Grant t) applications. Act, the Attorney General shall prescribe— (1) the form and content of applications for financial assistance to be submitted in accordance with subsection (c); (2) the time schedule for submission of such applications; (3) the procedures for approval of such applications, and for notification to each State of financial assistance awarded to applicants in the State for any fiscal year; (4) after consultation with the Advisory Board, the specific Development criteria for awarding grants to applicants under this section, criteria. which shall— (A) be consistent with the criteria established in section 4; (B) take into account— (i) the population and population density of the States in which applicants for financial assistance available under this section are located; (ii) the financial need of States and localities in which such applicants are located; (iii) the need in the State or locality involved for the t3T)e of dispute resolution mechanism proposed; (iv) the national need for experience with the t3rpe of dispute resolution mechanism proposed; and (v) the need for obtaining experience in each region of the Nation with dispute resolution mechanisms in a diversity of situations, including rural, suburban, and urban situations; and

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