An Act to establish a National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life; to provide for a review of the activities of all Federal agencies including implementation of all Federal laws, regulations, and policies which impede the productive performance and efficiency of the American economy; to encourage joint labor, industry, and Government efforts to improve national productivity and the character of working conditions; to establish a Federal policy with respect to continued productivity growth and improved utilization of human resources in the United States, and for other purposes.
PL 94-136 (S.2195), enacted 11/28/1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-136—NOV. 28, 1975 
89 STAT. 733 
Public Law 94-136 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To establish a National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life; 
to provide for a review of the activities of all Federal agencies including 
implementation of all Federal laws, regulations, and policies which impede 
the productive performance and efficiency of the American economy; to 
encourage joint labor, industry, and Government efforts to improve national 
productivity and the character of working conditions; to establish a Federal 
policy with respect to continued productivity growth and improved utilization 
of human resources in the United States ; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "National Productivity and Quality of Working Life 
Act of 1975". 
TITLE I—FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND POLICY; 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 101. The Congress finds that— 
(1) the rate of productivity growth in the United States has 
declined during four of the past six years; 
(2) the decline in the rate of productivity growth has con-
tributed to inflation, to economic stagnation, and to increasing 
unemployment; 
(3) since 1965, the rate of productivity growth of the United 
States has been consistently lower than that of many industrial 
nations in the world, adversely affecting the competitive position 
of the United States in world markets; 
(I) growth in productivity of the economy of the United 
States is essential to the social and economic welfare of the Amer-
ican people, and to the health of the world economy; 
(5) growth in the productivity of the Nation's economy is 
essential to maintain and increase employment, to stabilize the 
cost of living and to provide job security; 
(6) mounting worldwide material shortages and their conse-
quent inflationary results make increased efficiency in the utiliza-
tion of these resources of urgent importance; 
(7) sharing the fruits of productivity gains among labor, man-
agement, and owners may considerably influence productivity; 
(8) the continued development of joint labor-management 
efforts to provide a healthy environment for collective bargaining 
can make a significant contribution to improve productivity and 
foster industrial peace; 
(9) factors affecting the growth of productivity in the economy 
include not only the status of technology and the techniques of 
management but also the role of the worker in the production 
process and the conditions of his working life; 
(10) there is a national need to identify and encourage appro-
priate application of capital in sectors of American economic 
activity in order to improve productivity; 
(II) there is a national need to identify and encourage appro-
priate application of technology in all sectors of American eco-
nomic activity in order to improve productivity; 
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[S. 2195] 
National 
Productivity and 
Quality of 
Working Life Act 
of 1975. 
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note. 
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(12) there is a national need to identify and encourage the 
development of social, economic, scientific, business, labor, and 
governmental contributions to improve productivity growth, and 
increased economic effectiveness in the public and private sectors 
of the United States; which objectives can best be accomplished 
through maximizing private sector and State and local develop-
ment of such contributions; 
(13) there is a national need to identify, study, and revise or 
eliminate the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures which 
adversely affect productivity growth and the efficient functioning 
of the economy; 
(14) there is a national need to increase employment security 
through such activities as manpower planning, skill-training and 
retraining of workers, internal work force adjustments to avoid 
worker displacement, assistance to workers facing or experienc-
ing displacement, and all other public and private programs which 
seek to minimize the human costs of productivity improvement, 
thereby diminishing resistance to workplace change and improv-
ing productivity growth; 
(15) there is a national need to develop new technologies for 
the more effective production of goods and services; 
(16) there is a national need to encourage and support efforts 
by qualified institutions of higher learning to identify and inau-
gurate programs which will improve productivity; 
(17) there is a national need to develop precise, standardized 
measurements of productivity; and 
(18) there is a national need to gather and disseminate informa-
tion about methods and techniques to improve productivity. 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
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SEC. 102. It is the purpose of this Act— 
(1) to establish a national policy which will encourage produc-
tivity growth consistent with needs of the economy, the natural 
environment, and the needs, rights, and best interests of manage-
ment, the work force, and consumers; and 
(2) to establish as an independent establishment of the execu-
tive branch a National Center for Productivity and Quality of 
"Working Life to focus, coordinate, and promote efforts to improve 
the rate of productivity growth. 
POLICY 
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SEC. 103. (a) The Congress, recognizing the profound impact of 
productivity on the interrelations of all components of the national 
economy, declares that it is the continuing policy of the Federal 
Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, to 
use all practicable means and measures, including financial and tech-
nical assistance, to stimulate a high rate of productivity growth. 
(b) It is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government 
to use all practicable means to improve and coordinate Federal plans, 
functions, programs, and resources to carry out the policy set forth 
in this Act. 
(c) The laws, rules, regulations, and policies of the United States 
shall be so interpreted as to give full force and effect to this policy. 
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89 STAT. 735 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 104. For the purposes of this Act— 
15 USC 2404. 
(1) the term "Center" means the National Center for Produc-
tivity and Quality of Working Life; 
(2) the term "Board" means the Board of Directors of the 
Center; 
(3) the terms "productivity growth" and "improved produc-
tivity" shall be interpreted to include, but not be limited to, 
improvements in technology, management techniques, and the 
quality of working life; and 
(4) the term "quality of working life" shall be interpreted to 
mean the conditions of work relating to the role of the worker 
in the production process. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL CENTER FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND 
QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE ESTABLISHED 
SEC. 201. There is hereby established as an independent establish- 
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C 2411. 
ment of the executive branch of the Government the National Center 
for Productivity and Quality of Working Life. 
BOARD o r DIRECTOKS 
SEC. 202, (a) The Center shall have a Board of Directors, to be com- Membership, 
prised of not more than twenty-seven members, as follows: 
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(1) a Chairman, appointed by the President, by and with the 
advdce and consent of the Senate; 
(2) the Secretary of the Treasury; 
(3) the Secretary of Commerce; 
(4) the Secretary of Labor ; 
(5) the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service; 
(6) the Executive Director of the Center; 
(7) not less than five members who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from 
among qualified private individuals in manufacturing and service 
industries; 
(8) not less than five members who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from 
among qualified private individuals from labor organizations; 
(9) not less than two members who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from 
among qualified individuals in State or local governments; 
(10) not less than one member who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from 
among the general public; 
(11) not less than one member who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
from among qualified individuals associated with leading institu-
tions of higher education; and 
(12) such other qualified members from the public or private 
sectors whom the President may deem appropriate who shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate. 
^ 
When unable to attend a meeting of the Board, a member appointed 
under clauses (2), (3), (4), and (5) shall appoint an appropriate 
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Term. 
Chairman. 
Vacancies. 
Compensation, 
travel expenses. 
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Executive 
Committee. 
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alternate from such member's Department or agency to represent 
such member at that meeting. 
(b)(1) The members of the Board appointed under clauses (7), 
(8), (9), (10), (11), and any private sector members appointed pur-
suant to clause (12) of subsection (a) shall be appointed for a four-
year term coterminous with the term of the President. Members other 
than members appointed under such clauses, with the exception of 
the Chairman, shall serve as long as such member is head of the depart-
ment or agency represented on the Board. No person shall serve as 
an acting or temporary member in positions requiring Senate con-
firmation including that of Chairman, for a period in excess of three 
months. 
(2) The President shall appoint a Chairman for a term of four 
years coterminous with the term of the President. In appointing a 
Chairman, the President may appoint an individual who is an officer 
of the United States. If that officer has been appointed to his current 
position, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or if such 
individual is the Vice President of the United States, such individual 
may be appointed chairman by the President without the requirement 
of confirmation by the Senate. 
(c) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall 
be appointed for the remainder of that term. 
(d)(1) Each member of the Board appointed under clauses (7), 
(8), (9), (10), (11), and any private sector members appointed pur-
suant to clause (12) of subsection (a) may be compensated at the 
daily rate provided for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 
5332 of title 5, United States Code, including traveltime, for each 
day such member is engaged in the performance of his duties as a 
member of the Board and shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, 
subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the 
functions of the Board. 
(2) Other members of the Board, with the exception of the Chair-
man, and the Executive Director of the Center shall serve without 
additional compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsist-
ence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in carrying out 
the functions of the Board. 
(3) The Chairman shall be compensated as set forth in paragraph 
(1) of this subsection, except if the Chairman holds some other posi-
tion in the Federal Government such individual shall be compensated 
as set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
(e) (1) The Chairman shall appoint an Executive Committee of 
the Board, not to exceed seven members, including the Executive Direc-
tor of the Center. 
(2) The Executive Committee of the Board shall meet at the call of 
the Chairman, but in no case less frequently than once every ninety 
days. 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTOR 
SEC. 203. (a) The Center shall have an Executive Director, who shall 
be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis 
of fitness to perform the duties and functions of the office. No person 
shall serve as acting or temporary Executive Director for a period in 
excess of three months. 
(b) The Executive Director shall appoint a Deputy Director, who 
shall perform such functions as the Executive Director may prescribe. 
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89 STAT. 737 
The Deputy Director shall act for and exercise the powers of the 
Executive Director during the absence or disability of the Executive 
Director. 
(c) The Executive Director shall be responsible for the exercise 
of all powers and the discharge of all duties of the Center. The Execu-
tive Director shall have authority over and control of all of the staff 
of the Center and their activities. The Executive Director shall main-
tain budgets and allocate available funds as appropriate in carrying 
out the provisions of this Act. 
(d) The Executive Director shall be compensated at a rate not to 
exceed that provided for Executive level IV under section 5315 of 
title 5 of the United States Code as determined by the President, and 
shall have no other employment, public or private, during the tenure 
of his appointment. 
FUNCTIONS o r THE CENTER 
SEC. 204. The Center shall— 
(1) develop and establish, in consultation with the appropriate 
committees of the Congress and with the appropriate departments 
and agencies of the executive branch, a national policy for produc-
tivity growth in the public and private sectors of the United 
States consistent with the purposes of this Act; 
(2) seek, stimulate, and encourage maximum active participa-
tion of— 
(A) the private sector of the Nation's economy, including 
labor organizations, associations and confederations, business 
enterprises and associations, institutions of higher education, 
foundations and other philanthropic organizations and 
research centers and institutes; and 
(B) the public sector of the Nation's economy, including 
Federal, State, and local governments and agencies thereof, 
including institutions of higher education, 
in efforts to improve the rate of productivity growth in all sectors 
of the Nation's economy; 
(3) seek, stimulate, and encourage maximum active participa-
tion of the public agencies and private organizations identified in 
clause (2) of this section through identification and encourage-
ment of selected research and demonstration programs imple-
mented by public agencies and qualified private organizations 
which will— 
(A) increase the rate of productivity growth in the public 
and private sectors of the national economy through 
improved and innovative utilization of technological and 
human resources; and 
(B) develop, refine, and apply accurate and reliable meas-
urement techniques to evaluate changes in productivity; 
(4) to identify, study, and review— 
(A) existing Federal, State, and local statutes, regulations, 
and fiscal policies which adversely affect productivity growth 
or the economic performance of the public and private sectors 
of the United States; 
(B) incentives to encourage industry and labor initiatives 
in the development of methods, techniques, and systems for 
the improved utilization of technological and human 
resources in the public and private sectors; 
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Recommenda-
tions to 
President, 
Congress, and 
Federal, State 
and local 
governments. 
(C) existing and new programs, plans, and other methods, 
including advanced warning systems, retraining programs, 
retirement and separation programs, designed to counteract 
threats to job security which may result from efforts to 
improve productivity; 
(D) jointly, with the Civil Service Commission, the 
impact of Federal personnel policies, statutes, and regulations 
affecting the productivity of Federal agencies and the quality 
of working life of Federal employees; and 
(E) the need and feasibility of providing, directly to 
potential users, public or private, various Center services 
in return for payment to the Center, and methods by which 
charges for such services will be established; 
(5) recommend to the President, the Congress, the appropriate 
agencies and departments of the Federal Government, and State 
and local governments, any legislation, revisions of regulations, 
policies, practices, and procedures which result from the activities 
carried out under clause (4) of this section; 
(6) encourage, support, and initiate efforts in the public or 
private sector specifically 
designed to improve 
cooperation 
between labor and management in the achievement of continued 
productivity growth: Provided^ 
however^ That no activities of 
the Center involving consideration of issues included in a specific 
labor-management agreement shall be undertaken without the 
consent and cooperation of the parties to that agreement; 
(7) encourage departments and agencies of the Federal Gov-
ernment to initiate, stimulate, and support efforts in both the pub-
lic and private sectors of the United States to improve the rate of 
productivity growth; 
(8) coordinate all activities referred to in subsection (7) of this 
section in order to eliminate interagency duplication of effort and 
cost, to insure that Center activities will not unnecessarily conflict 
or overlap with such other activities, and to maximize the effec-
tiveness of all such Federal programs and activities; 
(9) coordinate and consult with the departments and agencies 
of the Federal Government in the obligation and expenditure of 
funds for activities and projects in both the public and private 
sectors to improve productivity growth; 
(10) identify, develop, and support activities, programs, sys-
tems, and techniques, in the various departments and agencies 
of the Federal Government for measuring productivity growth 
within such departments and agencies; 
(11) collect and disseminate relevant information obtained by 
the Center or other public agencies, institutions of higher educa-
tion, or private organizations engaged in projects under this Act, 
including information related to new or improved methods, sys-
tems, technological developments, equipment, and devices to 
improve and stimulate productivity growth, and to develop and 
implement a public information program designed to inform 
the public of the meaning and importance of productivity, and 
productivity growth; 
(12) encourage and coordinate the efforts of State and local 
governments, and institutions of higher education, to improve 
productivity; 
(13) maintain liaison with organizations, both domestic and 
foreign, involved in efforts to improve productivity; 
(14) determine the Nation's needs for 
productivity-related 
management and analytical skills and to encourage and facilitate 
the development of training programs in such skills; and 
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89 STAT. 739 
(15) study the effects of materials availability upon produc-
tivity growth. 
POWERS 
SEC. 205. In carrying out its functions, the Center is authorized— 
(1) to enter into contracts or other funding arrangements, or 
modifications thereof, in order to carry out the provisions of this 
Act; 
(2) to organize and conduct, directly by contract or other fund-
ing arrangements with other public agencies or private organi-
zations, conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops, or other 
forums for the presentation and dissemination of relevant infor-
mation generated or collected pursuant to the provisions of this 
Act; 
(3) to make such studies and recommendations to the President 
and to Congress as may be necessary to carry out the functions of 
the Center; 
(4) to implement a program and secure necessary facilities for 
the collection, collation, analysis, and interpretation of data and 
information as required in order to carry out the public informa-
tion functions under this Act; and 
(5) to undertake such other studies, reviews, activities, and to 
make such recommendations and reports as may be required to 
carry out the functions of the Center. 
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Studies and 
recommendations 
to President and 
Congress. 
CONTRACTS AND OTHER FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS 
CONDITIONS 
SEC. 206. (a) No contracts or other funding arrangements may be 15 USC 2416. 
entered into under this Act unless— 
(1) such contracts or other funding arrangements will be con-
sistent with the policies and purposes of this Act and of potential 
benefit to other users in the public or private sectors; 
(2) provisions are made to evaluate the demonstration program 
and maintain improvement data, such evaluation either to be 
implemented by the participating parties in accordance with 
specifications established by the Center, or to be implemented by 
or on behalf of the Center; and 
(3) the participating parties agree that all information relat-
ing to any innovation or achievement generated in the course of 
any Center-funded demonstration program shall be public 
information. 
(b) No contract or other funding arrangement shall be made or 
entered into pursuant to the provisions of this Act for a period of 
more than three years. 
(c) Any non-Federal share of a project may be in cash or in kind, 
fairly evaluated, including, but not limited to, plant, equipment, or 
services. 
CONTRACT AND OTHER ETJNDING ARRANGEMENTS 
CRITERIA 
SEC. 207. (a) The Center shall prescribe by regulation, after con-
sultation with appropriate agencies and officials of Federal, State, 
and local governments, basic criteria for the participating parties 
under this Act. 
(b) If the Center determines, on the basis of information available 
to it during any fiscal year, that a portion of the funds provided to 
a participating party for that fiscal year will not be required by the 
party or will become available by virtue of the application of regula-
tions established by the Center to govern noncompliance by a par-
ticipating party, that portion shall be available for reallocation under 
this section. 
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(c) The Center shall by regulation prescribe the basic criteria for 
determination of noncompliance by participating parties including 
appropriate provisions for notice and hearing with respect to such 
determination. 
ANNUAL KEPOKT 
Report to 
SEC. 208. (a) Not later than December 31 of each year, the Center 
President and 
shall report to the President and to the Congress on activities pursuant 
Congress. 
^Q the provision of this title during the preceding fiscal year; such 
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reports shall include a detailed statement of all public and private 
funds received and expended together with such recommendations as 
the Center deems appropriate. Such report shall include an analysis 
of the extent to which each agency of the Federal Government which 
has significant responsibilities for assisting in the improvement of 
productivity is carrying out such responsibilities consistent with the 
provisions of this Act, including (A) an accounting of all funds 
expended or obligated by such agencies for activities and projects to 
improve productivity growth, (B) an assessment of the extent to 
which such expenditures or obligations have furthered the policies of 
the Center, and (C) the Center's recommendations on how these 
expenditures and obligations can be better coordinated to accomplish 
the purposes of this Act. 
Referral. 
(b) Each report required to be submitted to the Congress by this 
Act shall be referred to the standing committee or committees having 
jurisdiction over any part of the subject matter of the report. 
TITLE III—FEDERAL AGENCY COORDINATION AND 
LIAISON WITH CENTER 
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SEC. 301. (a) Each department, agency, and independent establish-
ment of the Federal Government shall designate a qualified individual 
to serve as liaison with the Center and to assist the Center in carrying 
out its functions pursuant to this Act. 
(b) Each department, agency, and independent establishment of 
the Federal Government shall keep the Center currently informed of 
its programs, policies, and initiatives to improve productivity which 
relate to the responsibilities of the Center, and shall consult with 
the Center prior to the obligation or expenditure of funds for activities 
or projects to improve productivity growth. 
(c) Each Federal department, agency, and independent establish-
ment of the Federal Government is authorized and directed to furnish 
or allow access to all relevant materials and information required by 
the Center to carry out its functions under this Act. 
INTERNAL REVIEW 
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SEC. 302. Each department, agency, and independent establishment 
of the Federal Government, in coordination with the Center, shall 
study and review the promulgation and implementation of its statu-
tory authority, policies, and regulations, and shall identify such 
statutes, policies, and regulations which adversely affect productivity 
growth in the public or private sectors of the United States, or those 
which impede the efficient functioning of the Nation's economy, and 
shall recommend to the President and the Congress, or implement 
where appropriate, alternative statutes, policies, and regulations which 
will contribute to the achievement of the purposes of this Act. 
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SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 303. Each department, agency, and independent establishment 
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S
C 2433. 
of the Federal Government, in coordination with the Center, shall, to 
the extent appropriate, make available to State and local governments, 
labor organizations, industry, public institutions, and other qualified 
organizations advice, information, and support, including financial 
and other assistance, designed to maintain, promote, and enhance sus-
tained productivity growth in the public and private sectors of the 
United States. 
INTERNAL PRODUCTIVITT 
SEC. 304. Each department, agency, and independent establishment 
15 USC 2434. 
of the Federal Government shall identify, develop, initiate, and sup-
port appropriate programs, systems, procedures, policies, and tech-
niques to improve the productivity of such departments and agencies, 
including the implementation, where desirable, of specific programs 
recommianded, supported, or implemented by the Center. 
EFFECT ON PRIOR PROVISIONS 
SEC. 305. Nothing in this title affects any specific statutory obliga- 
15 USC 2435. 
tion of any Federal agency (1) to coordinate or consult with any 
other Federal or State agency or (2) to act, or to refrain from acting, 
contingent upon the recommendations or certification of any other 
Federal or State agency. 
TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. The Executive Director is authorized to— 
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C 2451. 
(1) prescribe such regulations as are deemed necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this Act; 
(2) receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, or 
devised, or remitted in payment for services rendered, without 
condition or restriction other than that it be for the purposes of 
the Center; 
(3) receive (and use, sell, or otherwise dispose of, in accordance 
with clause (2)) money or other property donated, bequeathed, 
or devised to the Center, except for such money and other prop-
erty which includes a condition that the Center use other funds 
of the Center for the purpose of the gift, in which case two-thirds 
of the members of the Board of the Center must approve such 
donations; 
(4) appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act in accordance 
with the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions of 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating 
5 USC 5101 et 
to classification and General Schedule pay rates; 
*«?•' 5331. 
(5) obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance 
with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the maximum daily rate 
prescribed for GS-18 under section 5332 of title 5, United States 
Code; 
(6) accept and utilize the services of voluntary and noncompen-
sated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses, including 
per diem as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States 
C o d e ; 
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(7) utilize, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis the 
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any other depart-
ment or agency of the United States; 
(8) establish one or more task forces to assist and advise the 
Center, composed of individuals who, by reason of experience, 
are qualified for such service. Each member of any such task 
force who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government 
may receive an amount not to exceed the maximum daily rate 
prescribed for GS-18 under section 5332 of title 5, United States 
5 use 5332 note. 
Code, for each day such individual is engaged in the actual per-
formance of duties (including traveltime) as a member of such 
a task force. Members may be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, 
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their 
duties; and 
(9) make advances, progress, and other payments deemed 
necessary under this Act without regard to the provisions of 
section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (21 U.S.C. 529). 
TITLE 
V—EVALUATION 
BY 
THE COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL 
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SEC. 501. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
audit, review, and evaluate the implementation of the provisions of 
this Act by the Center. 
Report to 
(b) Not less than thirty months nor more than thirty-six months 
Congress. 
after the effective date of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
prepare and submit to the Congress a report on his audit conducted 
pursuant to subsection (a), which shall contain, but not be limited to, 
the following: 
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Center's activities; 
(2) an evaluation of the effect of the activities of the Center 
on the efficiency, and effectiveness, of affected Federal agencies 
in carrying out their assigned functions and duties under this 
Act; and 
(3) recommendations concerning any legislation he deems 
necessary, and the reasons therefor, for improving the implemen-
tation of the objectives of this Act as set forth in section 102. 
TITLE VI—REPEAL AND TRANSFER 
REPEAL OF PUBLIC LAWS 9 2 - 2 1 0 AND 
9 3 - 3 1 1 
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SEC. 601. Section 4 of Public Law 92-210, and Public Law 93-311, 
relating to the National Commission on Productivity and Work 
Quality, are repealed. 
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND STAFF 
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SEC. 602. (a) The functions and staff of the National Commission 
note. 
on Productivity and Work Quality are hereby transferred to the 
Center. 
(b) All property, records, and contracts as are determined by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to be employed, 
held, or used primarily in connection with any function transferred 
by subsection (a) are transferred to the Center. 
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89 STAT. 743 
TITLE VII—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 701. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 15 USC 2471. 
purposes of this Act, not to exceed $6,260,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1976, and the subsequent transition period ending Sep-
tember 30, 1976; not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1977; and not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1978. Funds appropriated for any fiscal year 
shall remain available for obligation until expended. 
Approved November 28, 1975. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-540 (Comm. on Banking, Currency and Housing). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-335 (Comm. on Government Operations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
Sept. 4, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 28, considered and passed House, amended. 
Nov. 14, Senate concurred in House amendments.