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 99 STAT. 1158

PUBLIC LAW 99-180—DEC. 13, 1985 DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION

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SEC. 3. The duties of the Commission are to— (1) conduct a study of the 1932-1933 Ukraine famine (in this Act referred to as the "famine study"), in accordance with section 6 of this Act, in which the Commission shall— (A) gather all available information about the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine; (B) analyze the causes of such famine and the effects it has had on the Ukrainian nation and other countries; and (C) study and analyze the reaction by the free countries of the world to such famine; and (2) submit to Congress for publication a final report on the results of the famine study no later than two years after the organizational meeting of the Commission held under section 6(a) of this Act. MEMBERSHIP

5 USC 5332 note.

SEC. 4. (a) The Commission shall be composed of fifteen members, who shall be appointed within thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, as follows: (1) Four members shall be Members of the House of Representatives and shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Two such members shall be selected from the majority party of the House of Representatives and two such members shall be selected, after consultation with the minority leader of the House, from the minority party of the House of Representatives. The Speaker also shall designate one of the House Members as Chairman of the Commission. (2) Two members shall be Members of the Senate and shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate. One such member shall be selected from the majority party of the Senate and one such member shall be selected, after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, from the minority party of the Senate. (3) One member shall be from among officers and employees of each of the Departments of State, Education, and Health and Human Services and shall be appointed by the President, after consultation with the Secretaries of the respective departments. (4) Six members shall be from the Ukrainian-American community at large and Ukrainian-American chartered human rights groups and shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Commission in consultation with congressional members of the Commission, the Ukrainian-American community at large, and executive boards of Ukrainian-American chartered human rights groups. (b) The term of office of each member shall be for the life of the Commission. (c) Each member of the Commission who is not otherwise employed by the United States Government shall be paid from the sum appropriated to carry out this Act, the daily equivalent of the rate of basic pay payable for GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day, including travel time, during which he or she is attending meetings or hearings of the Commission or otherwise performing Commission related duties as requested by the Chairman of the Commission. A member of the Commission who is an officer or employee of the

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