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42 U.S. Code § 300v - Commission | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 6A › Subchapter XVI › § 300v 42 U.S. Code § 300v - Commission
Establishment; composition; appointment of members; vacancies (1)
There is established the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Commission”) which shall be composed of eleven members appointed by the President. The members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows:
Three of the members shall be appointed from individuals who are distinguished in biomedical or behavioral research.
Three of the members shall be appointed from individuals who are distinguished in the practice of medicine or otherwise distinguished in the provision of health care.
Five of the members shall be appointed from individuals who are distinguished in one or more of the fields of ethics, theology, law, the natural sciences (other than a biomedical or behavioral science), the social sciences, the humanities, health administration, government, and public affairs.
No individual who is a full–time officer or employee of the United States may be appointed as a member of the Commission. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Director of the National Science Foundation shall each designate an individual to provide liaison with the Commission.
No individual may be appointed to serve as a member of the Commission if the individual has served for two terms of four years each as such a member.
Terms of members (1)
Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), members shall be appointed for terms of four years.
four shall be appointed for terms of three years, and
three shall be appointed for terms of two years,
Chairman The Chairman of the Commission shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from members of the Commission.
Seven members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for business, but a lesser number may conduct hearings.
The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman or at the call of a majority of its members.
Compensation; travel expenses, etc. (1)
Members of the Commission shall each be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule for each day (including travel time) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVIII, § 1801, as added Pub. L. 95–622, title III, § 301,Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3437; amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b),Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 100–527, § 10(1),Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2640.)
1988—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100–527substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”.
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (a)(2) pursuant to section 509(b) ofPub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508
Section 302(a) ofPub. L. 95–622directed President to initially appoint members to President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (established under the amendment made by section 301) [enacting this subchapter] not later than 90 days after Nov. 9, 1978.
Executive Order No. 12184
Ex. Ord. No. 12184, Dec. 17, 1979, 44 F.R. 75091, which established the President’s Special Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.