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person or whenever nine members present a petition to the 
Chairperson asking for a meeting of the Commission. 
POWERS OF THE COMMISSION 
Sec. 3. (a) Subject to such rules and regulations as 
may be adopted by the Commission, the Chairperson of the 
Commission may procure, in accordance with section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, the temporary and intermittent 
services of experts or consultants. Persons so employed >liall 
receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Commis- 
sion, but not exceeding for any day (including traveltime) 
the daily equivalent of the effective rate for grade GS-18 
of the General Schedule. 
(b) The Commission may enter into contracts with 
organizations, institutions, and individuals to cam* out such 
studies, surveys, or research and to prepare such reports 
as the Commission determines are necessary to earn out its 
duties. 
(c) The Commission may use the United States mails 
in the same manner and upon the same conditions as any 
other Federal agency. 
DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION 
Sec. 4. (a) The Commission shall study and evaluate 
present laws and regulations concerning genetic research 
and engineering, particularly with respect to — 
(1) their effect on scientific inquiry; 
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