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1 (1) copyrights, patents, and applications for 



2 patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data; 



3 (2) licenses under copyrights, patents, and ap- 



4 plications for patents; and 



5 (3) releases, before suit is brought, for past in- 



6 fringement of patents or copyrights. 



7 (d) Advisory Committee Standards of Conduct 



8 AND Compensation. — The Secretary may promulgate 



9 regulations, no less stringent than any other applicable 



10 provision of law, regarding standards of conduct for mem- 



1 1 bers of advisory committees (and consultants to advisory 



12 committees), including requirements regarding conflicts of 



1 3 interest or disclosure of past and present financial and em- 



14 ployment interests. The Secretary is authorized to pay 



15 members of advisory committees and others who perform 



16 services as authorized under section 3109 of title 5, Unit- 



17 ed States Code, at rates for individuals not to exceed the 



1 8 per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of the Ex- 



19 ecutive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 



20 States Code. 



21 SEC. 113. INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. 



22 (a) Goa^rnment Officers and Employees. — (1) 



23 Inherently governmental functions of the Department 



24 shall be performed only by officers and employees of the 



25 United States. For purposes of this section, "inherently 



•S 171 IS 



