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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 "(c) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Panel shall be elected from among the members and shall serve for the duration of the Panel. "(d) Decisions of the Panel shall be made by a majority of the Panel. "(e) The Commission shall provide each Panel with such administrative support services as it may require to carry out its duties under section 31. "(f) A member of a Panel appointed under subsection (a) shall be paid at a rate not to exceed 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 the duties of the Panel. "(g) Each Panel shall request information and disclose information to the public, as provided in subsection (h), only through the Commission. "(h)(1) Notwithstanding any statutonr restriction on the authority of agsncies and departments of the Federal Government to share information, such agencies and departments shall provide the Panel with such information and data as each Panel, through the Commission, may request to carry out its duties under section 31. Each Panel may request information, through the Commission, from States, industry and other private sources as it may require to carry out its responsibilities. (2) Section 6 shall apply to the disclosure of information by the Panel but shall not apply to the disclosure of information to the Panel.". (b) Section 31 (15 U.S.C. 2080) is amended by inserting "(a)" after ,"SEC. 31." and by adding at the end the following: "(b)(1) The Commission may not issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for— "(A) a consumer product safety rule, "(B) a rule under section 27(e), or "(C) a regulation under section 2(q)(l) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, relating to a risk of cancer, birth defects, or gene mutations from a consumer product unless a Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel, established under section 28, has, in accordance with paragraph (2), submitted a report to the Commission with respect to whether a substance contained in such product is a carcinogen, mutagen, or teratogen. "(2)(A) Before the Commission issues an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for— "(i) a consumer product safety rule, "(ii) a rule under section 27(e), or "(iii) a regulation under section 2(q)(l) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, relating to a risk of cancer, birth defects, or gene mutations from a consumer product, the Commission shall request the Panel to review the scientific data and other relevant information relating to such risk to determine if any substance in the product is a carcinogen, mutagen, or a teratogen and to report its determination to the Commission. "(B) When the Commission appoints a Panel, the Panel shall convene within 30 days after the date the final appointment is made to the Panel. The Panel shall report its determination to the Commission not later than 120 days after the date the Panel is convened or, if the Panel requests additional time, within a time period specified by the Commission. If the determination reported to the Commission

95 STAT. 717

^^te, p. 713.

15 USC 2076. 15 USC 1261. Ante, p. 716.

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