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2 U.S.C. § 476 — Technology Assessment Advisory Council

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2 U.S.C. § 476 — Technology Assessment Advisory Council

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**(a) Establishment; composition** The Office shall establish a Technology Assessment Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”). The Council shall be composed of the following twelve members: (1) ten members from the public, to be appointed by the Board, who shall be persons eminent in one or more fields of the physical, biological, or social sciences or engineering or experienced in the administration of technological activities, or who may be judged qualified on the basis of contributions made to educational or public activities; (2) the Comptroller General; and (3) the Director of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. **(b) Duties** The Council, upon request by the Board, shall— (1) review and make recommendations to the Board on activities undertaken by the Office or on the initiation thereof in accordance with [section 472(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section472/d&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) review and make recommendations to the Board on the findings of any assessment made by or for the Office; and (3) undertake such additional related tasks as the Board may direct. **(c) Chairman and Vice Chairman; election by Council from members appointed from public; terms and conditions of service** The Council by majority vote, shall elect from its members appointed under subsection (a)(1) of this section a Chairman and a Vice Chairman, who shall serve for such time and under such conditions as the Council may prescribe. In the absence of the Chairman, or in the event of his incapacity, the Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman. **(d) Terms of office of members appointed from public; reappointment** The term of office of each member of the Council appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall be four years except that any such member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. No person shall be appointed a member of the Council under subsection (a)(1) more than twice. Terms of the members appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall be staggered so as to establish a rotating membership according to such method as the Board may devise. **(e) Payment to Comptroller General and Director of Congressional Research Service of travel and other necessary expenses; payment to members appointed from public of compensation and reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses** (1) The members of the Council other than those appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall receive no pay for their services as members of the Council, but shall be allowed necessary travel expenses (or, in the alternative, mileage for use of privately owned vehicles and payments when traveling on official business at not to exceed the payment prescribed in regulations implementing section 5702 and in 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “section”. 5704 of title 5), and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of duties vested in the Council, without regard to the provisions of subchapter 1 of chapter 57 and [section 5731 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5731&num=0&edition=prelim), and regulations promulgated thereunder. (2) The members of the Council appointed under subsection (a)(1) shall receive compensation for each day engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Council at rates of pay not in excess of the daily equivalent of the highest rate of basic pay set forth in the General Schedule of [section 5332(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5332/a&num=0&edition=prelim), and in addition shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses in the manner provided for other members of the Council under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

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5 U.S.C. § 5376 — Pay for certain senior-level positions

**(a)** This section applies to— (1) positions that are classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108; and (2) scientific or professional positions established under section 3104; but does not apply to— (A) any Senior Executive Service position under section 3132; or (B) any position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service under section 3151. **(b)** (1) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management prescribes, the head of the agency concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for any position within such agency to which this section applies. A rate fixed under this section shall be— (A) not less than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and (B) subject to paragraph (3), not greater than the rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule. The payment of a rate of basic pay under this section shall not be subject to the pay limitation of section 5306(e) or 5373. (2) Subject to paragraph (1), effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment takes effect under section 5303 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule, each rate of pay established under this section for positions within an agency shall be adjusted by such amount as the head of such agency considers appropriate. (3) In the case of an agency which has a performance appraisal system which, as designed and applied, is certified under section 5307(d) as making meaningful distinctions based on relative performance, paragraph (1)(B) shall apply as if the reference to “level III” were a reference to “level II”. (4) No employee may suffer a reduction in pay by reaso

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5 U.S.C. § 5731 — Expenses limited to lowest first-class rate

**(a)** The allowance for actual expenses for transportation may not exceed the lowest first-class rate by the transportation facility used unless it is certified, in accordance with regulations prescribed under [section 5738 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5738&num=0&edition=prelim), that— (1) lowest first-class accommodations are not available; or (2) use of a compartment or other accommodation authorized or approved by the head of the agency concerned or his designee is required for security purposes. **(b)** Instead of the maximum fixed by subsection (a) of this section, the allowance to an employee of the Government for actual expenses for transportation on an inter-island steamship in Hawaii may not exceed the rate for accommodations on the steamship that is equivalent as nearly as possible to the rate for the lowest first-class accommodations on trans-pacific steamships.

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5 U.S.C. § 5701 — Definitions

Except as otherwise provided in section 5707(d),11 See References in Text note below. for the purpose of this subchapter— (1) “agency” means— (A) an Executive agency; (B) a military department; (C) an office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch; (D) an office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch; and (E) the government of the District of Columbia; but does not include— (i) a Government controlled corporation; (ii) a Member of Congress; or (iii) an office or committee of either House of Congress or of the two Houses; (2) “employee” means an individual employed in or under an agency including an individual employed intermittently in the Government service as an expert or consultant and paid on a daily when-actually-employed basis and an individual serving without pay or at $1 a year; (3) “subsistence” means lodging, meals, and other necessary expenses for the personal sustenance and comfort of the traveler; (4) “per diem allowance” means a daily payment instead of actual expenses for subsistence and fees or tips to porters and stewards; (5) “Government” means the Government of the United States and the government of the District of Columbia; and (6) “continental United States” means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii.

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2 U.S.C. § 476 — Technology Assessment Advisory Council

Page 155 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 476 (3) make advance, progress, and other pay- ments which relate to technology assessment without regard to the provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31; (4) accept and utilize the services of vol- untary and uncompensated personnel nec- essary for the conduct of the work of the Of- fice and provide transportation and subsist- ence as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, for persons serving without compensation; (5) acquire by purchase, lease, loan, or gift, and hold and dispose of by sale, lease, or loan, real and personal property of all kinds nec- essary for or resulting from the exercise of au- thority granted by this chapter; and (6) prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary governing the operation and organization of the Office. (b) Recordkeeping by contractors and other par- ties entering into contracts and other ar- rangements with Office; availability of books and records to Office and Comptroller Gen- eral for audit and examination Contractors and other parties entering into contracts and other arrangements under this section which involve costs to the Government shall maintain such books and related records as will facilitate an effective audit in such detail and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Office, and such books and records (and related documents and papers) shall be available to the Office and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, for the purpose of audit and ex- amination. (c) Operation of laboratories, pilot plants, or test facilities The Office, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, shall not, itself, operate any lab- oratories, pilot plants, or test facilities. (d) Requests to execut

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