42 U.S.C. § 6632: Membership of Committee

Summary

Sets up a committee that includes the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and between eight and fourteen other people the President must pick within 60 days after the Director starts. The President’s picks must be skilled in one or more areas such as science, engineering, technology, information sharing, education, management, labor, or public affairs. They must be able to evaluate the Nation’s related policies and programs. As a group, they must be balanced across scientific fields, types of experience (school, business, government), and viewpoints (business, labor, consumer, public interest). The President also names one member as Chair and another as Vice Chair for whatever time the President decides. Members who are not federal officers can be paid up to the daily GS–18 rate (per section 5332 of title 5) while working for the committee, and can get travel pay and per diem like intermittently employed government workers (per section 5703(b) of title 5).

Title 42, §6632

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(a)Composition; appointment

The Committee shall consist of— (1)

(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)Qualifications

Members 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; 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 Chairman

The 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)Compensation

Each 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) of title 5 for persons in Government service employed intermittently.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 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).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Executive Documents

Abolition of President’s Committee on Science and Technology;

Transfer of Functions

See note set out under section 6631 of this title.

§6632 Membership of Committee