1 I 3 C 1 s from the NIH itself, and I think that the provisions 
2 for the composition and the competence of those committees 
3 are completely inadequate to carry out those new responsi- 
4 bilities. 
5 Now, others here today will testify about some 
6 preliminary research that I have been engaged in with them 
7 having to do with the composition of IBC's at present. Let 
8 me just state, though, briefly, that they are hopelessly 
g skewed demographically . They are not at all representative 
10 of the populations at risk or the people paying the costs, 
11 nor of the groups which night reap the benefits of this 
12 research; and I think, therefore, not a good model to 
13 follow. 
14 The gu idelines would perpetuate this kind of 
15 situation. For example, they require that a member be from 
16 a discipline such as engineering, but not from the policy 
17 sciences. They only recommend that certain categories of 
18 persons be on the committees. 
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19 I agree completely with comments of some of the 
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20 earlier speakers that the provision for one non- institutional 
21 member could be easily circumvented in terms of having 
22 representat ion by the public. The guidelines should clearly 
23 mandate public membership — membership by people reflecting 
24 community groups and individual citizens on the IBC's. 
25 1 will talk a little bit about my opinions on the I 
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