2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 79 - Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities (Sections 6601 - 6687)
Subchapter III - President's Committee on Science and Technology (Sections 6631 - 6635)
Sec. 6632 - Membership of Committee
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 79 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIES SUBCHAPTER III - PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 6632 - Membership of Committee |
Contains | section 6632 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-282, title III, §302, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 468. |
Statutes at Large References | 89 Stat. 95 90 Stat. 468 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 94-22, Public Law 94-282, Public Law 101-509 |
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The Committee shall consist of—
(1) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy established under subchapter II of this chapter; and
(2) not less than eight nor more than fourteen other members appointed by the President not more than sixty days after the Director has assumed office (as provided in section 6612 of this title).
(b) QualificationsMembers of the Committee appointed by the President pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section shall—
(1) be qualified and distinguished in one or more of the following areas: science, engineering, technology, information dissemination, education, management, labor, or public affairs;
(2) be capable of critically assessing the policies, priorities, programs, and activities of the Nation, with respect to the findings, policies, and purposes set forth in subchapter I of this chapter; and
(3) shall collectively constitute a balanced composition with respect to (A) fields of science and engineering, (B) academic, industrial, and government experience, and (C) business, labor, consumer, and public interest points of view.
(c) Chairman; Vice ChairmanThe President shall appoint one member of the Committee to serve as Chairman and another member to serve as Vice Chairman for such periods as the President may determine.
(d) CompensationEach member of the Committee who is not an officer of the Federal Government shall, while serving on business of the Committee, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, including traveltime, and while so serving away from his home or regular place of business he may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) 1 of title 5 for persons in Government service employed intermittently.
(Pub. L. 94–282, title III, §302, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 468.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 5703 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (d), was amended generally by Pub. L. 94–22, §4, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 95, and, as so amended, does not contain a subsec. (b).
ABOLITION OF PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSSee note set out under section 6631 of this title.
REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS TO GS–16, 17, OR 18 PAY RATESReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
1 See References in Text note below.
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