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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 205. Special industry committees for American Samoa
(a) Establishment; residents as members of committees
The Administrator shall as soon as practicable appoint a special
industry committee to recommend the minimum rate or rates of wages
to be paid under section 206 of this title to employees in American
Samoa engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for
commerce or employed in any enterprise engaged in commerce or in
the production of goods for commerce or the Administrator may
appoint separate industry committees to recommend the minimum rate
or rates of wages to be paid under said section to employees
therein engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for
commerce or employed in any enterprise engaged in commerce or in
the production of goods for commerce in particular industries. An
industry committee appointed under this subsection shall be
composed of residents of American Samoa where the employees with
respect to whom such committee was appointed are employed and
residents of the United States outside of American Samoa. In
determining the minimum rate or rates of wages to be paid, and in
determining classifications, such industry committees shall be
subject to the provisions of section 208 of this title.
(b) Appointment of committee without regard to other laws
pertaining to the appointment and compensation of employees of
the United States; composition of committees
An industry committee shall be appointed by the Administrator
without regard to any other provisions of law regarding the
appointment and compensation of employees of the United States. It
shall include a number of disinterested persons representing the
public, one of whom the Administrator shall designate as chairman,
a like number of persons representing employees in the industry,
and a like number representing employers in the industry. In the
appointment of the persons representing each group, the
Administrator shall give due regard to the geographical regions in
which the industry is carried on.
(c) Quorum; compensation; employees
Two-thirds of the members of an industry committee shall
constitute a quorum, and the decision of the committee shall
require a vote of not less than a majority of all its members.
Members of an industry committee shall receive as compensation for
their services a reasonable per diem, which the Administrator shall
by rules and regulations prescribe, for each day actually spent in
the work of the committee, and shall in addition be reimbursed for
their necessary traveling and other expenses. The Administrator
shall furnish the committee with adequate legal, stenographic,
clerical, and other assistance, and shall by rules and regulations
prescribe the procedure to be followed by the committee.
(d) Submission of data to committees
The Administrator shall submit to an industry committee from time
to time such data as he may have available on the matters referred
to it, and shall cause to be brought before it in connection with
such matters any witnesses whom he deems material. An industry
committee may summon other witnesses or call upon the Administrator
to furnish additional information to aid it in its deliberations.
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