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tion 4353 of this title and, to the extent applicable, exempted from the declassification requirement of section 4354 of this title.

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title IV, §405, as added Pub.

L. 102–138, title I, §198(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat.

688.)

§ 4356. Advisory Committee

(a) Establishment

(1) There is established on a permanent basis

the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation for the Department of

State. The activities of the Advisory Committee

shall be coordinated by the Office of the Historian of the Department of State.

(2) The Advisory Committee shall be composed

of 9 members and an executive secretary. The

Historian shall serve as executive secretary.

(3)(A) The members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Secretary of State

from among distinguished historians, political

scientists, archivists, international lawyers, and

other social scientists who have a demonstrable

record of substantial research pertaining to the

foreign relations of the United States. No officer

or employee of the United States Government

shall be appointed to the Advisory Committee.

(B)(i) Six members of the Advisory Committee

shall be appointed from lists of individuals nominated by the American Historical Association,

the Organization of American Historians, the

American Political Science Association, Society

of American Archivists, the American Society of

International Law, and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. One member shall be appointed from each list.

(ii) If an organization does not submit a list of

nominees under clause (i) in a timely fashion,

the Secretary of State shall make an appointment from among the nominees on other lists.

(b) Terms of service for appointments

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for terms of three years.

(2) Of the members first appointed, as designated by the Secretary of State at the time of

their appointment (after consultation with the

appropriate organizations) three shall be appointed for terms of one year, three shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three shall

be appointed for terms of three years.

(3) Each term of service under paragraph (1)

shall begin on September 1 of the year in which

the appointment is made.

(4) A vacancy in the membership of the Advisory Committee shall be filled in the same manner as provided under this subsection to make

the original appointment. A member appointed

to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration

of a term shall serve for the remainder of that

term. A member may continue to serve when his

or her term expires until a successor is appointed. A member may be appointed to a new

term upon the expiration of his or her term.

(c) Selection of chairperson

The Advisory Committee shall select, from

among its members, a chairperson to serve a

term of 1 year. A chairperson may be reelected

upon expiration of his or her term as chairperson.

(d) Meetings

A majority of the members of the Advisory

Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Advisory Committee shall meet at least quarterly or

as frequently as may be necessary to carry out

its duties.

(e) Security clearances

(1) All members of the Advisory Committee

shall be granted the necessary security clearances, subject to the standard procedures for

granting such clearances.

(2) For purposes of any law or regulation governing access to classified records, a member of

the Advisory Committee seeking access under

this paragraph to a record shall be deemed to

have a need to know.

(f) Compensation

(1) Members of the Advisory Committee—

(A) shall each receive compensation at a

rate of not to exceed the daily equivalent of

the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at GS–15 of the General Schedule under

section 5332 of title 5 for each day such member is engaged in the actual performance of

the duties of the Advisory Committee; and

(B) shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away

from their homes or regular places of business

in the performance of services of the Advisory

Committee.

(2) The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for necessary secretarial and staff assistance for the Advisory Committee.

(3) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall

not apply to the Advisory Committee to the extent that the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with that Act.

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title IV, §406, as added Pub.

L. 102–138, title I, §198(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat.

688.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in

subsec. (f)(3), is Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770,

as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title

5, Government Organization and Employees.

TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON

HISTORICAL DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTATION

Section 198(b) of Pub. L. 102–138 provided that: ‘‘The

Advisory Committee on Historical Documentation for

the Department of State established before the date of

enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1991] shall terminate on

such date.’’

§ 4357. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

(1) the term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ means

the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation for the Department of

State;

(2) the term ‘‘Historian’’ means the Historian of the Department of State or any successor officer of the Department of State responsible for carrying out the functions of the Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs,

of the Department of State, as in effect on October 28, 1991;