Controlled Substances Act
PART F Advisory Commission
- (a) There is established a commission to be known as the Commission
on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (hereafter in this section referred to as the
'Commission'). The Commission shall be composed of -
- (1) two Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;
- (2) two Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
- (3) nine members appointed by the President of the United States.
At no time shall more than one of the members appointed under paragraph
(1), or more than one of the members appointed under paragraph (2),
or more than five of the members appointed under paragraph (3) be members
of the same political party.
- (b) (Chairman; Vice Chairman; compensation of members; meetings)
- (1) The President shall designate one of the members of the Commission
as Chairman and one as Vice Chairman. Seven members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may conduct hearings.
- (2) Members of the Commission who are Members of Congress or full-time
officers or employees of the United States shall serve without additional
compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the duties vested
in the Commission. Members of the Commission from private life shall
receive $100 per diem while engaged in the actual performance of the
duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence,
and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties.
- (3) The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman or at the
call of a majority of the members thereof.
- (c) (Personnel; experts; information from departments and agencies)
- (1) The Commission shall have the power to appoint and fix the compensation
of such personnel as it deems advisable, without regard to the provisions
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive
service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter
53 of such title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay
rates.
- (2) The Commission may procure, in accordance with the provisions
of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, the temporary or intermittent
services of experts or consultants. Persons so employed shall receive
compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Commission, but not in excess
of $75 per diem, including traveltime. While away from his home or
regular place of business in the performance of services for the Commission,
any such person may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703(b) of title 5,
United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed
intermittently.
- (3) The Commission may secure directly from any department or agency
of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out
its duties under this section. Upon request of the Chairman of the
Commission, such department or agency shall furnish such information
to the Commission.
- (d) (Marihuana study; report to the President and the Congress)
- (1) The Commission shall conduct a study of marihuana including,
but not limited to, the following areas:
- (A) the extent of use of marihuana in the United States to
include its various sources of users, number of arrests, number
of convictions, amount of marihuana seized, type of user, nature
of use;
- (B) an evaluation of the efficacy of existing marihuana laws;
- (C) a study of the pharmacology of marihuana and its immediate
and long-term effects, both physiological and psychological;
- (D) the relationship of marihuana use to aggressive behavior
and crime;
- (E) the relationship between marihuana and the use of other
drugs; and
- (F) the international control of marihuana.
- (2) Within one year after the date on which funds first become available
to carry out this section, the Commission shall submit to the President
and the Congress a comprehensive report on its study and investigation
under this subsection which shall include its recommendations and such
proposals for legislation and administrative action as may be necessary
to carry out its recommendations.
- (e) (Study and investigation of causes of drug abuse; report to the
President and the Congress; termination of Commission)
The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of the
causes of drug abuse and their relative significance. The Commission shall
submit to the President and the Congress such interim reports as it deems advisable
and shall within two years after the date on which funds first become available
to carry out this section submit to the President and the Congress a final
report which shall contain a detailed statement of its findings and conclusions
and also such recommendations for legislation and administrative actions as
it deems appropriate. The Commission shall cease to exist sixty days after
the final report is submitted under this subsection.
- (f) (Limitation on expenditures)
Total expenditures of the Commission shall not exceed $4,000,000.''
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