42 U.S.C. § 6632 — Membership of Committee

(a) Composition; appointment The Committee must consist of— (1) the Director^* of the Office of Science and Technology Policy established under subchapter II of this chapter; and (2) not less than eight nor more than fourteen other members appointed by the President not more than sixty days after the Director has assumed office (as provided in section 6612 of this title ). (b) Qualifications Members of the Committee appointed by the President under subsection (a)(2) of this section must— (1) be qualified and distinguished in one or more of the following areas: science, engineering, technology, information dissemination, education, management, labor, or public affairs; (2) be capable of critically assessing the policies, priorities, programs, and activities of the Nation, about the findings, policies, and purposes set forth in subchapter I; and (3) must collectively constitute a balanced composition about (A) fields of science and engineering, (B) academic, industrial, and government experience, and (C) business, labor, consumer, and public interest points of view. (c) Chairman; Vice Chairman The President must appoint one member of the Committee to serve as Chairman and another member to serve as Vice Chairman for such periods as the President may determine. (d) Compensation Each member of the Committee who is not an officer of the Federal Government must, while serving on business of the Committee, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 , including traveltime, and while so serving away from his home or regular place of business he may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) 1 of title 5 for persons in Government service employed intermittently.