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TITLE IT — COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF RESEARCH : A?m TECH NOLOOT 
INVOLVING GENEmO MANIPULATION 
SECTION '201 ESTABLISHMENT of a study commission 
001(a) Establishment, of a, cope/mission 
This Subsection establishes by a law, a commission to be called the 
Commission for the Study of Recombinant DNA Activities. 
201(b)] Membership dndcompens'ation of thS commission 
The Secretary yf Health, Education, and "Welfare is to appoint the 
13 comipissioners froni individual? distinguished ih the fields of medi- 
cine, law, ethics, theology, the. biological, physical and environmental 
sciences, philosophy, humanities, health administration, Government, 
and public affairs. While hot required to do so under this title, the 
committee encourages fhe Secretary to consider the recommendations 
of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Science Founda- 
tion, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of 
Occupational Safety and Health,, public interest groups and other 
appropriate ' entities. Menpbers are appointed for the life of the Corti- 
mission (30 months) and should be appointed by the Secretary within 
a reasonable time ?fter the date of enactment, 
It is, important that the membership reflect rather diverse back- 
grounds and expertise. It is not the committee’s inteht that a substan* 
tial fraction of ,th? ; membership .peed ever to have been directly 
involved in recombinant DNA activities. The coriiinissidn should in- 
clude, however, <a number of scientists who are. fully familiar with the 
technical details of recombinant DNA methods (and other genetic 
manipulation techniques). as r ^vell rs the NIH Guidelines, The com- 
mittee also intends. that the membership include distinguished individ- 
uals from a variety, of scholarly disciplines and professions. Thus, the 
commission -should have both, the technical expertise necessary to 
evaluate the scientific* aspects of genetic manipulation hi detail, and 
the broader public perspective required to effectively carry out the 
studies assigned to it m section 202. 
Except for full time Federal employees, Commissioners shall receive 
the daily equivalent of the basic pay in effect for Civil Service Grade 
GS-18, for each day ,(hey are engaged in the actual Performance of 
the duties of the Commission. In general, this would not. be expected 
to exceed 2 or 3. days per month, if that. Travel expenses are also pro- 
vided, while in the performance of the duties; of the Commission, in- 
cluding trave^to and from Commission meetings. 
201(c) Chairmanship of the Commission 
The members of, the Commission shall select a chairman from among 
the Commission m e mbership. 
201 ( d ) Staff and Consultants for the Commission 
The Commission has the authority to hire and determine the pay of 
such staff personnel at it considers desirable, subject to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing civil service appointments. It 
may also hire, on a temporary basis, experts and consultants as needed. 
Since the Commissioners are expected to serve on a part-time basis, 
with major professional appointments elsewhere, staff personnel will 
be necessary to handle much of the routine functioning of the Commis- 
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