§290n–3 Membership

Summary

Create a U.S. section of the Commission made up of 13 members. Those members must include the Secretary of Health and Human Services (or their delegate); the health commissioners or chief health officers from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California (or their delegates); and two residents from the United States-Mexico Border Area in each of those four states. The eight border-area members are nominated by their state’s governor and appointed by the President, and they must have ties to community groups and interest and experience in border health issues. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (or a delegate) must serve as the section’s Commissioner and leader. Members who are not federal or state employees may be paid for days they do Commission work up to the daily equivalent of the GS–15 basic pay under section 5332 of title 5, and they may receive travel expenses and per diem at the rates set for federal employees under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5.