§ 2077. — Chronic Hazard Advisory Panels.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2077]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 47--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
Sec. 2077. Chronic Hazard Advisory Panels
(a) Appointment; purposes
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.
(b) Composition; membership
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--
(1) who are not officers or employees of the United States
(other than employees of the National Institutes of Health, the
National Toxicology Program, or the National Center for
Toxicological Research), and who do not receive compensation from or
have any substantial financial interest in any manufacturer,
distributor, or retailer of a consumer product; and
(2) who have demonstrated the ability to critically assess
chronic hazards and risks to human health presented by the exposure
of humans to toxic substances or as demonstrated by the exposure of
animals to such substances.
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.
(c) Chairman and Vice Chairman; election; term
The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Panel shall be elected from
among the members and shall serve for the duration of the Panel.
(d) Majority vote
Decisions of the Panel shall be made by a majority of the Panel.
(e) Administrative support services
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.
(f) Compensation
A member of a Panel appointed under subsection (a) of this section
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.
(g) Requests for and disclosures of information
Each Panel shall request information and disclose information to the
public, as provided in subsection (h) of this section, only through the
Commission.
(h) Information from other Federal departments and agencies
(1) Notwithstanding any statutory restriction on the authority of
agencies and departments of the Federal Government to share information,
such agencies and departments shall provide the Panel with such
information and data as each Panel, through the Commission, may request
to carry out its duties under section 2080 of this title. Each Panel may
request information, through the Commission, from States, industry and
other private sources as it may require to carry out its
responsibilities.
(2) Section 2055 of this title shall apply to the disclosure of
information by the Panel but shall not apply to the disclosure of
information to the Panel.
(Pub. L. 92-573, Sec. 28, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XII,
Sec. 1206(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716; amended Pub. L. 101-608,
title I, Sec. 116, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3121.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2077, Pub. L. 92-573, Sec. 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,
Sec. 1205(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716.
Amendments
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''.
Effective Date
Section 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 Rates
References 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,
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376
of Title 5.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2080 of this title.
