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(v) represents a reasonable cross-sec-
tion of knowledge, views, and application 
of expertise on societal, ethical, behavioral, 
educational, policy, legal, cultural, lin-
guistic, and workforce issues related to 
eliminating 
disparities 
in 
health 
and 
healthcare. 
(C) INDIVIDUAL
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health 
Disparity Elimination and the Administrator of 
the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion may not appoint an individual to serve on 
a coordinating committee unless the individual 
meets the following qualifications: 
(i) The individual is not employed by 
the Federal Government. 
(ii) The individual has appropriate ex-
perience, including experience in the areas 
of community development, cultural and 
linguistic competency, reducing and elimi-
nating racial and ethnic disparities in 
health and health care, or minority health. 
(D) SELECTION.—In selecting individuals 
to serve on a coordinating committee, the Dep-
uty Assistant Secretary for Minority Health 
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Disparity Elimination and the Administrator 
Health Resources and Services Administration 
shall give due consideration to the recommenda-
tions of the Congress, industry leaders, the sci-
entific community (including the Institute of 
Medicine), academia, community based non- 
profit organizations, minority health and related 
organizations, the education community, State 
and local governments, and other appropriate 
organizations. 
(E) CHAIRPERSON.—The Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Minority Health Disparity Elimi-
nation and the Administrator of the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration, in con-
sultation with the members of the coordinating 
committee involved, shall designate a chair-
person of the coordinating committee, who shall 
serve for a term of 3 years and who may be re-
appointed at the expiration of each such term. 
(F) TERMS.—Each member of a coordi-
nating committee shall be appointed for a term 
of 1 to 3 years in overlapping staggered terms, 
as determined by the Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary for Minority Health Disparity Elimi-
nation and the Administrator of the Health Re-
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sources and Services Administration at the time 
of appointment, and may be reappointed at the 
expiration of each such term. 
(G) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on a coordi-
nating committee shall be filled in the same 
manner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
(H) COMPENSATION.—Each member of a 
coordinating committee shall be compensated at 
a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the an-
nual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule for each day (including travel 
time) during which such member is engaged in 
the performance of the duties of the coordi-
nating committee. 
(I) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of 
a coordinating committee shall receive travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, in accordance with applicable provisions 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(4) MEETINGS.—A coordinating committee 
shall meet 3 to 5 times each year, at the call of the 
coordinating committee’s chairperson and in con-
sultation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
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Minority Health Disparity Elimination and the Ad-
ministrator Health Resources and Services Adminis-
tration. 
(5) REPORT.—Each coordinating committee 
shall transmit to the Congress an annual report 
that, with respect to the health empowerment zone 
program involved, includes the following: 
(A) A review of the program’s effectiveness 
in achieving stated goals and outcomes. 
(B) A review of the program’s manage-
ment and the coordination of the entities in-
volved. 
(C) A review of the activities in the pro-
gram’s portfolio and components. 
(D) An identification of policy issues raised 
by the program. 
(E) An assessment of the program’s capac-
ity, infrastructure, and number of underserved 
minority communities reached. 
(F) Recommendations for new program 
goals, research areas, enhanced approaches, 
partnerships, coordination and management 
mechanisms, and projects to be established to 
achieve the program’s stated goals, to improve 
outcomes, monitoring, and evaluation. 
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(G) A review of the degree of minority en-
tity participation in the program, and an identi-
fication of a strategy to increase such participa-
tion. 
(H) Any other reviews or recommendations 
determined to be appropriate by the coordi-
nating committee. 
(d) REPORT.—The Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Minority Health Disparity Elimination and the Adminis-
trator of the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion shall submit a joint annual report to the appropriate 
committees of Congress on the results of the implementa-
tion of programs under this section. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012. 
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