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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 278. Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
(a) Establishment; appointment; membership and composition; review
and recommendations
There is established within the Institute a Visiting Committee on
Advanced Technology (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the
"Committee"). The Committee shall consist of 15 members appointed
by the Director, at least 10 of whom shall be from United States
industry. The Director shall appoint as original members of the
Committee any final members of the National Bureau of Standards
Visiting Committee who wish to serve in such capacity. In addition
to any powers and functions otherwise granted to it by this
chapter, the Committee shall review and make recommendations
regarding general policy for the Institute, its organization, its
budget, and its programs within the framework of applicable
national policies as set forth by the President and the Congress.
(b) Qualifications; recommendations for appointment
The persons appointed as members of the Committee -
(1) shall be eminent in fields such as business, research, new
product development, engineering, labor, education, management
consulting, environment, and international relations;
(2) shall be selected solely on the basis of established
records of distinguished service;
(3) shall not be employees of the Federal Government; and
(4) shall be so selected as to provide representation of a
cross-section of the traditional and emerging United States
industries.
The Director is requested, in making appointments of persons as
members of the Committee, to give due consideration to any
recommendations which may be submitted to the Director by the
National Academies, professional societies, business associations,
labor associations, and other appropriate organizations.
(c) Terms of office; eligibility
(1) The term of office of each member of the Committee, other
than the original members, shall be 3 years; except that any member
appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of
the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed
for the remainder of such term. Any person who has completed two
consecutive full terms of service on the Committee shall thereafter
be ineligible for appointment during the one-year period following
the expiration of the second such term.
(2) The original members of the Committee shall be elected to
three classes of three members each; one class shall have a term of
one year, one a term of two years, and the other a term of three
years.
(d) Meetings; quorum; notice
The Committee shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the
Chairman or whenever one-third of the members so request in
writing. A majority of the members of the Committee not having a
conflict of interest in the matter being considered by the
Committee shall constitute a quorum. Each member shall be given
appropriate notice, whenever possible, not less than 15 days prior
to any meeting, of the call of such meeting.
(e) Appointment by Committee of executive and other committees
The Committee shall have an executive committee, and may delegate
to it or to the Secretary such of the powers and functions granted
to the Committee by this chapter as it deems appropriate. The
Committee is authorized to appoint from among its members such
other committees as it deems necessary, and to assign to committees
so appointed such survey and advisory functions as the Committee
deems appropriate to assist it in exercising its powers and
functions under this chapter.
(f) Chairman; Vice Chairman
The election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee
shall take place at each annual meeting occurring in an
even-numbered year. The Vice Chairman shall perform the duties of
the Chairman in his absence. In case a vacancy occurs in the
chairmanship or vice chairmanship, the Committee shall elect a
member to fill such vacancy.
(g) Professional and clerical staff
The Committee may, with the concurrence of a majority of its
members, permit the appointment of a staff consisting of not more
than four professional staff members and such clerical staff
members as may be necessary. Such staff shall be appointed by the
Director, after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee,
and assigned at the direction of the Committee. The professional
members of such staff may be appointed without regard to the
provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive
service and the provisions of chapter 51 of title 5 relating to
classification, and compensated at a rate not exceeding the
appropriate rate provided for individuals in grade GS-18 of the
General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, as may be necessary
to provide for the performance of such duties as may be prescribed
by the Committee in connection with the exercise of its powers and
functions under this chapter.
(h) Annual and other reports to Secretary and Congress
(1) The Committee shall render an annual report to the Secretary
for submission to the Congress on or before January 31 in each
year. Such report shall deal essentially, though not necessarily
exclusively, with policy issues or matters which affect the
Institute, including the Program established under section 278n of
this title, or with which the Committee in its official role as the
private sector policy advisor of the Institute is concerned. Each
such report shall identify areas of research and research
techniques of the Institute of potential importance to the
long-term competitiveness of United States industry, in which the
Institute possesses special competence, which could be used to
assist United States enterprises and United States industrial joint
research and development ventures.
(2) The Committee shall render to the Secretary and the Congress
such additional reports on specific policy matters as it deems
appropriate.
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