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 99 STAT. 282

PUBLIC LAW 99-83—AUG. 8, 1985 (8) The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such administrative support services as the Commission may request. (h) REPORTS.—The Commission shall transmit an annual report to the President and to each House of Congress as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year. Each report shall include a detailed statement of the activities and accomplishments of the Commission during the preceding fiscal year and any recommendations by the Commission for legislation and administrative actions.

15 USC 4011

SEC. 1304. FEDERAL COAL EXPORT COMMISSION.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall establish, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, a Federal Coal Export Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Commission"). (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be composed of thirty members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, as follows: (1) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.—Ten members

shall be representatives of the International Trade Administration, the Department of Energy, the Department of State, the Department of Transportation, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and a Federal institution involved in export financing. (2) PRIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES.—

(A) Five members shall be representatives of export coal producers, including traders and brokers. (B) Five members shall be representatives of coal labor. (C) Five members shall be representatives of transporters of export coal, including representatives of rail and barge carriers and port authorities. (D) Five members shall be representatives of institutions having a substantial interest in United States export coal financing. (c) EXPENSES.—Members of the Commission shall serve without pay. While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code. (d) COOPERATION.—All Federal departments and agencies are authorized to cooperate with the Commission and to furnisl) information, appropriate personnel, and such assistance as may be agreed upon by the Commission and the Federal department or agency involved. (e) ACTIVITIES.—The Commission shall convene not less than four times a year for consultation on activities leading to increased cooperation among entities involved in United States coal exports, with the goal of expanding the United States share of the international coal market. Activities of the Commission shall include, but are not limited to, the identification of— (1) diplomatic channels to facilitate the exportation of United States coal and methods to increase the coordination of diplomatic efforts relating to such exports; (2) domestic and international impediments to coal exports; (3) foreign markets for United States export coal, with emphasis on increasing United States coal sales to developing nations

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