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(B) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Sys-
tem Advisory Committee is to advise the Ad-
ministrator and the Interagency Working Group 
on— 
(i) administration, operation, manage-
ment, and maintenance of the System, in-
cluding integration of Federal and non- 
Federal assets and data management and 
communication aspects of the System, and 
fulfillment of the purposes specified under 
subsection (b); 
(ii) expansion and periodic moderniza-
tion and upgrade of technology components 
of the System; 
(iii) identification of end-user commu-
nities, their needs for information provided 
by the System, and the System’s effective-
ness in disseminating information to end- 
user communities and the general public; 
and 
(iv) any other purpose identified by 
the Administrator or the Interagency 
Working Group. 
(C) MEMBERS.— 
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(i) IN GENERAL.—The System Advi-
sory Committee shall be composed of mem-
bers appointed by the Administrator. Mem-
bers shall be qualified by education, train-
ing, and experience to evaluate scientific 
and technical information related to the 
design, operation, maintenance, or use of 
the System, or use of data products pro-
vided through the System. 
(ii) TERMS
OF
SERVICE.—Members 
shall be appointed for 3-year terms, renew-
able once. A vacancy appointment shall be 
for the remainder of the unexpired term of 
the vacancy, and an individual so ap-
pointed may subsequently be appointed for 
2 full 3-year terms if the remainder of the 
unexpired term is less than one year. 
(iii) CHAIRPERSON.—The Adminis-
trator shall designate a chairperson from 
among the members of the System Advi-
sory Committee. 
(iv) APPOINTMENT.—Members of the 
System Advisory Committee shall be ap-
pointed as special Government employees 
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for purposes of section 202(a) of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(D) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
(i) REPORTING.—The System Advi-
sory Committee shall report to the Admin-
istrator and the Interagency Working 
Group, as appropriate. 
(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The 
Administrator shall provide administrative 
support to the System Advisory Com-
mittee. 
(iii) MEETINGS.—The System Advi-
sory Committee shall meet at least once 
each year, and at other times at the call of 
the Administrator, the Interagency Work-
ing Group, or the chairperson. 
(iv) 
COMPENSATION
AND
EX-
PENSES.—Members of the System Advi-
sory Committee shall not be compensated 
for service on that Committee, but may be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with 
subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
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(v) EXPIRATION.—Section 14 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall not apply to the System Advi-
sory Committee. 
(6) CIVIL LIABILITY.—For purposes of deter-
mining liability arising from the dissemination and 
use of observation data gathered pursuant to this 
section, any non-Federal asset or Regional Informa-
tion Coordination Entity that is certified under 
paragraph (3)(D) and that is participating in the 
System shall be considered to be part of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Any 
employee of such a non-Federal asset or Regional 
Information Coordination Entity, while operating 
within the scope of his or her employment in car-
rying out the purposes of this section, with respect 
to tort liability, is deemed to be an employee of the 
Federal Government. 
(f) INTERAGENCY FINANCING, GRANTS, CONTRACTS, 
AND AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The member departments 
and agencies of the Council, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, may participate in inter-
agency financing and share, transfer, receive, obli-
gate, and expend funds appropriated to any member 
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