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places and times during the sessions, recesses, and 

 adjourned periods of Congress, and upon a vote of 

 a majority of its members, to require by subpena or 

 otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the 

 production of such books, papers, and documents, 

 to administer such oaths and affirmations, to take 

 such testimony, to procure such printing and bind- 

 ing, and to make such expenditures, as it deems ad- 

 visable. The Board may make such rules respecting 

 Its organization and procedures as it deems neces- 

 sary, except that no recommendation shall be re- 

 ported from the Board unless a majority of the 

 Board assent. Subpenas may be issued over the sig- 

 nature of the chairman of the Board or of any 

 voting member designated by him or by the Board, 

 and may be served by such person or persons as 

 may be designated by such chairman or member. 

 The chairman of the Board or any voting member 

 thereof may administer oaths or afflrmations to wit- 

 nesses. (Pub. L. 92-484, § 4, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 

 798). 



§474. Director of Office of Technology Assessment, 

 (a). Appointment; term; compensation. 



The Director of the Office of Technology Asses- 

 ment shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve 

 for a term of six years unless sooner removed by the 

 Board. He shall receive basic pay at the rate pro- 

 vided for level ni of the Executive Schedule under 

 section 5314 of Title 5. 



(b) Powers and duties. 



In addition to the powers and duties vested in him 

 by this chapter, the Director shall exercise such 

 powers and duties as may be delegated to him by 

 the Board. 



(c) Deputy Director; appointment; functions; com- 

 pensation. 



The Director may appoint with the approval of 

 the Board, a Deputy Director who shall perform such 

 functions as the Director may prescribe and who 

 shall be Acting Director during the absence or in- 

 capacity of the Director or in the event of a vacancy 

 in the office of Director. The Deputy Director shall 

 receive basic pay at the rate provided for level IV 

 of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 

 Title 5. 



(d) Restrictions on outside employment activities of 

 Director and Deputy Director. 



Neither the Director nor the Deputy Director shall 

 engage in any other business, vocation, or employ- 

 ment than that of serving as such Director or 

 Deputy Director, as the case may be; nor shall the 

 Director or Deputy Director, except with the ap- 

 proval of the Board, hold any office in, or act in any 

 capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution 

 with which the Office makes any contract or other 

 arrangement under this chapter. (Pub. L. 92-484, 

 § 5. Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 799.) 



§ 475. Powers of Office of Technology Assessment. 



(a) Use of public and private personnel and organiza- 

 tions; formation of special ad hoc task forces; 

 contracts with governmental, etc., agencies and 

 instrumentalities; advance, progress, and other 



payments; utilization of services of voluntary and 

 uncompensated personnel; acquisition, holding, 

 and disposal of real and personal property; pro- 

 mulgation of rules and regulations. 



The Office shall have the authority, within the 

 limits of available appropriations, to do all things 

 necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, 

 including, but without being limited to, the authority 

 to— 



( 1 ) make full use o,f competent personnel and 

 organizations outside the Office, public or pri- 

 vate, and form special ad hoc task forces or 

 make other arrangements when appropriate; 



(2) enter into contracts or other arrange- 

 ments as may be necessary for the conduct of 

 the work of the Office with any agency or in- 

 strumentality of the United States, with any 

 State, territory, or possession or any political 

 subdivision thereof, or with any person, firm, 

 association, corporation, or educational institu- 

 tion, with or without reimbursement, without 

 performance or other bonds, and without regard 

 to section 5 of Title 41 ; 



(3) make advance, progress, and other pay- 

 ments which relate to technology assessment 

 without regard to the provisions of section 529 

 of Title 31 ; 



(4) accept and utilize the services of volun- 

 tary and uncompensated personnel necessary 

 for the conduct of the work of the Office and 

 provide transportation and subsistence as au- 

 thorized 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 neces- 

 sary 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 .parties 

 entering into contracts and other arrangements 

 with Office; availability of books and records to 

 Office and Comptroller General for audit and 

 examination. 

 Contractors and other parties entering into con- 

 tracts and other arrangements under this section 

 which involve costs to the Government shall main- 

 tain 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 examination. 



(c) Operation of laboratories, pilot plants, or test 

 facilities. 

 The Office, in carrying out the provisions of this 

 chapter, shall not, itself, operate any laboratories, 

 pilot plants, or test facilities. 



