15 U.S.C. § 2077
The Commission shall appoint Chronic Hazard Advisory Panels (hereinafter referred to as the Panel or Panels) to advise the Commission in accordance with the provisions of section 2080(b) of this title respecting the chronic hazards of cancer, birth defects, and gene mutations associated with consumer products.
Each Panel shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Commission from a list of nominees who shall be nominated by the President of the National Academy of Sciences from scientists-
The President of the National Academy of Sciences shall nominate for each Panel a number of individuals equal to three times the number of members to be appointed to the Panel.
The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Panel shall be elected from among the members and shall serve for the duration of the Panel.
Decisions of the Panel shall be made by a majority of the Panel.
The Commission shall provide each Panel with such administrative support services as it may require to carry out its duties under section 2080 of this title.
A member of a Panel appointed under subsection (a) shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the Panel.
Each Panel shall request information and disclose information to the public, as provided in subsection (h), only through the Commission.
15 U.S.C. § 2077
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 2077, Pub. L. 92-573, §28, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1230, provided for establishment and membership of Product Safety Advisory Council, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-35, title XII, §1205(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716.
AMENDMENTS2008- Pub. L. 110-314 which directed amendment of this section by substituting "the appropriate Congressional committees" for "the Congress" in subsecs. (j)(10)(F) and (k)(1), (2), could not be executed because this section does not contain a subsec. (j) or (k). 1990-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101-608 inserted "(other than employees of the National Institutes of Health, the National Toxicology Program, or the National Center for Toxicological Research)" after "States".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection applicable with respect to regulations under this chapter and chapters 25 and 30 of this title for which notices of proposed rulemaking are issued after Aug. 14, 1981, see section 1215 of Pub. L. 97-35 set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under section 2052 of this title.
REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS TO GS-16, 17, OR 18 PAY RATESReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509 set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
- Commission
- The term "Commission" means the Consumer Product Safety Commission, established by section 2053 of this title.
- appropriate Congressional committees
- The term "appropriate Congressional committees" means the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
- manufacturer
- The term "manufacturer" means any person who manufactures or imports a consumer product.
- retailer
- The term "retailer" means a person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sold for purposes of sale or distribution by such person to a consumer.