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§ 663. —  Advisory committees.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC663]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                CHAPTER 18--COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 663. Advisory committees


(a) Minutes of meetings

    Any advisory committee appointed under the provisions of this 
chapter shall keep minutes of each meeting, which shall contain as a 
minimum (1) the name of each person attending such meeting, (2) a copy 
of the agenda, and (3) a record of all votes or polls taken during the 
meeting.

(b) Availability of minutes or reports

    A copy of any such minutes or of any report made by any such 
committee after final action has been taken thereon by the Secretary 
shall be available to the public upon request and payment of the cost of 
furnishing such copy.

(c) Compensation; travel expenses

    Members of any advisory committee appointed from private life under 
authority of this section shall each receive $50 per diem when engaged 
in the actual performance of their duties as a member of such advisory 
committee. Such members shall also be entitled to travel expenses and 
per diem in lieu of subsistence at the rates authorized by section 5703 
of title 5 for all persons employed intermittently as consultants or 
experts receiving compensation on a per diem basis.

(d) Exemption from conflict-of-interest statutes

    Service by an individual as a member of such an advisory committee 
shall not subject him to the provisions of section 1914 of title 18, or, 
except with respect to a particular matter which directly involves the 
Office of Coal Research or in which the Office of Coal Research is 
directly interested, to the provisions of sections 281, 283, or 284 of 
title 18 or of section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99).

(Pub. L. 86-599, Sec. 3, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 336.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 281, 283, 284, and 1914 of title 18, referred to in subsec. 
(d), were repealed by Pub. L. 87-849, Sec. 2, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 
1126, ``except as they [sections 281 and 283] may apply to retired 
officers of the armed forces of the United States'', and were supplanted 
by sections 203, 205, 207, and 209, respectively, of Title 18, Crimes 
and Criminal Procedure. For further details, see Exemptions note set out 
under section 203 of Title 18.
    Section 190 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in subsec. (d), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 87-849, Sec. 3, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1126. See 
section 207 of Title 18.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (c), ``section 5703 of title 5'' substituted for 
``section 73b-2 of title 5'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), 
Sept, 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.

                          Transfer of Functions

    See note set out under section 661 of this title.


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, 
unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an 
officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by 
appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in 
the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided by law. Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 
1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period 
beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a 
committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal 
Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the 
expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee 
established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. 
See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.



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