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1 "(f) The members of the initial or succeeding Boards 2 shall not, by reason of such membership, be deemed to be 3 employees of the United States Government. They shall. 4 while attending meetings of the Board or while engaged in 5 duties related to such meetings or in other activities of the 6 Board pursuant to this title, be entitled to receive compensa7 tion at the rate of $100 per day including traveltime, and 8 while away from their homes or regular places of business 9 they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 10 in lieu of subsistence, equal to that authorized by law (section 11 5703 of title 5, United States Code) for persons in the 12 Government service employed intermittently.

13 “(g) The Institute shall have a President and such other 14 executive officers and employees as may be appointed by 15 the Board at rates of compensation fixed by the Board. 16 No such executive officer or employee may receive any 17 salary or other compensation from any source other than 18 the Institute during the period of his employment by the 19 Institute.

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(h) The Institute shall establish, with the advice and 21 assistance of the Academies-Research Council, a Consulta22 tive Council, membership in which shall be available to a 23 representative of all appropriate private trade, professional. 24 and labor organizations, private and public standards, code. 25 and testing bodies, public regulatory agencies, and consumer

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groups, so as to ensure a direct line of communication be

2 tween such groups and the Institute and a vehicle for repre

3 sentative hearings on matters before the Institute.

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“SEC. 1005. (a) The Institute shall have no power to issue any shares of stock, or to declare or pay any 8 dividends.

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"(b) No part of the income or assets of the Institute 10 shall inure to the benefit of any Director, officer, employee,

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or any other individual except as salary or reasonable com12 pensation for services.

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"(c) The Institute shall not contribute to or otherwise 14 support any political party or candidate for elective public 15 office.

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"FUNCTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE

"SEC. 1006. (a) The Institute shall exercise its fune18 tions and responsibilities in four general areas relating to

19 building regulation, as follows:

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"(1) Development, promulgation, and maintenance

of nationally recognized performance criteria, standards, and other technical provisions for maintenance of life, safety, health and public welfare suitable for adoption by building regulating jurisdictions and agencies, including

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1 creation of such an instrument should be initiated by the 2 Government, with the advice and assistance of the National 3 Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering4 National Research Commeil (hereinafter referred to as the 5 'Academies-Research Council') and with the greatest prac6 ticable participation of representatives of the various sectors 7 of the building community, including labor and management, 8 technical experts in building science and technology, and the 9 various levels of government.

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"ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE

"SEC. 1003. (a) There is authorized to be established, 12 for the purposes described in section 1002 (e), an appropri13 ate nonprofit, nongovernmental instrument to be known as 14 the National Institute of Building Sciences' (hereinafter 15 referred to as the Institute'), which shall not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. The Insti17 tute shall be subject to to the provisions of this title and, to 18 the extent consistent with this title, to a charter of the Con19 gress if such a charter is requested and issued or to the Dis20 trict of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act if that is deemed 21 preferable.

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(b) The Academies-Research Council shall advise and 23 assist in (1) the establishment of the Institute and its opera24 tion during its first five years of existence; (2) the develop25 ment of an organizational framework to encourage and pro

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vide for the maximum participation feasible of public and 2 private scientific, technical, and financial organizations, in3 stitutions, and agencies now engaged in activities pertinent to the development, promulgation, and maintenance of per5 formance criteria, standards, and other technical provisions 6 for building codes and other regulations; and (3) the 7 promulgation of appropriate organizational rules and pro8 cedures including those for the selection and operation of a 9 technical staff, such rules and procedures to be based upon 10 the primary object of promoting the public interest and in11 suring that the widest possible variety of interests and ex12 perience essential to the functions of the Institute are repre13 sented in the Institute's operations. Recommendations of the 14 Academies-Research Council, shall be based upon consulta15 tions with and recommendations from various private or16 ganizations and institutions, labor, private industry, and gov17 ernmental agencies and entities operating in the field, and 18 the Consultative Council as provided for under section 19 1004 (h).

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"(c) Nothing in this title shall be construed as express

21 ing the intent of the Congress that the Academies-Research 22 Council itself be required to assume any function or opera23tion vested in the Institute by or under this title, nor is its 24 continuing advice and assistance precluded should the In

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Istitute and the Academics-Research Council wish to provide

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"ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSTITUTE

"SEC. 1004. (a) The Institute shall have a Board of

5 Directors (hereinafter referred to as the 'Board') consisting 6 of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-one members, 7 appointed during its first five years of operation by the Presi8 dent of the United States by and with the advice and consent 9 of the Senate, and thereafter as provided for by its charter. 10 In selecting persons to serve on the initial Board, the Presi11 dent shall appoint members from lists of highly qualified persons recommended to him by the Academies-Research 12 Council. Insofar as is practicable, the Board shall be reason14 ably representative of the various regions of the country, of 15 the various segments of the building community including 16 private industry and labor, of all levels of Government, of 17 consumer interests, and of the various types of experience 18 which are appropriate to the functions and responsibilities 19 of the Institute.

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“(b) The members of the initial Board shall serve as 21 incorporators and shall take whatever actions are necessary 22 to establish the Institute as provided for under section 23 1002 (a).

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25 and succeeding Boards shall be three years: except that