‘‘(9) may perform any other review and make
any other substantive recommendations the advisory
board considers necessary to carry out its duties
under this section.
‘‘(e) BASIC PAY.—
‘‘(1) RATES OF PAY.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2), members of an advisory board estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall serve without pay.
‘‘(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall
receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and
5703 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(f) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of an advisory
board established in subsection (a) shall be elected by the
members of the board.
‘‘(g) STAFF.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An advisory board estab-
lished under subsection (a) may appoint at least one
part-time administrative staff person and at least
one full-time technical expert to provide the advisory
board with independent and technical review of tech-
nical information, including technical information,
relevant reports, studies, and regulatory documents
generated as a result of environmental restoration,
land use, waste management, and health studies ac-
tivities at the defense nuclear facility.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERV-
ICE LAWS.—The staff of any such advisory board
shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title
5, United States Code, governing appointments in
the competitive service, and shall be paid in accord-
ance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates.
‘‘(h) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—An advisory board
established under subsection (a) may, for the purpose of
carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and act at
times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as
the advisory board considers appropriate.
‘‘(i) INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An advisory board estab-
lished under subsection (a) may secure directly from
any Federal agency information necessary to enable
it to carry out this section. Upon request of the
Chairperson or any member of the advisory board,
the head of the Federal agency shall furnish the in-
formation to the advisory board.
‘‘(2) DUTY
OF
FEDERAL
AND
STATE
AGEN-
CIES.—
‘‘(A) DUTY OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—
The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with
the heads of any other appropriate Federal and
State agencies, shall provide to an advisory
board established for a defense nuclear facility
under subsection (a), upon request of such advi-
sory board, any nonclassified data available to
the Secretary of Energy on past, present, and
future activities at the facility relating to or in-
volving environmental contamination, and envi-
ronmental restoration and waste management,
including—
‘‘(i) available environmental data re-
lated to the defense nuclear facility, includ-
ing data on environmental contaminants,
contaminant levels, and pathways of con-
tamination;
‘‘(ii) health outcome data relating to
populations potentially exposed to a haz-
ardous substance as a result of a release
from the defense nuclear facility; and
‘‘(iii) any other information of rel-
evance to the public health of populations
at risk of exposure to release from the de-
fense nuclear facility.
‘‘(B) DUTY
OF
FEDERAL
AND
STATE
AGENCIES.—The Secretary of Energy, the Ad-
ministrator, the Administrator of the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and
the heads of other appropriate Federal and
State agencies shall, with respect to the agency
under the jurisdiction of such individual and at
least once annually, provide to each such advi-
sory board the following:
‘‘(i) Information regarding whether
and how the policy and technical rec-
ommendations of the advisory board pro-
vided under subsection (d)(3)(B) were con-
sidered by the agency with respect to deci-
sions made by the agency concerning envi-
ronmental restoration and waste manage-
ment activities conducted at the defense
nuclear facility.
‘‘(ii) Information regarding whether
and how the policy and technical rec-
ommendations of the advisory board pro-
vided under subsection (d)(3)(C), if any,
were considered by the agency with respect
to decisions made by the agency concern-
ing public health activities conducted at
the defense nuclear facility.
‘‘(iii) Information regarding whether
and how the evaluation of the advisory
board conducted under subsection (d)(2)
was considered by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, the environmental agency
of the State in which the defense nuclear
facility is located, and other appropriate
Federal and State agencies when such
agencies took action to enforce compliance
by the Department of Energy with agree-
ments referred to in subsection (d)(2)(A)
and 
laws 
referred 
to 
in 
subsection
(d)(8)(A).
‘‘(j) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy
shall provide sufficient funding to each advisory
board established pursuant to this section to enable
the advisory board to carry out its duties under this
section.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—In providing funding under
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Energy shall con-
sider the recommendation of each such advisory
board regarding the amount of funding the advisory