NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SLEEP DISORDERS RESEARCH.

SEC. 162. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SLEEP DISORDERS RESEARCH. (a) Establishment.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), after consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall establish a National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Commission”). (b) Composition.— (1) Appointed members.— The Commission shall be composed of 10 members to be appointed as follows: (A) Six members shall be appointed by the Secretary from among scientists, physicians, and other health professionals who are not in the employment of the Federal Government, and who have primary expertise in sleep disorders research or medicine. (B) Two members shall be appointed by the Secretary from the general public, of whom one of which shall have personal or close family experience with sleep disorders. (C) Two members shall be appointed by the Secretary from among the personnel of the National Institutes of Health, and such members interest shall be in the field of sleep disorders research. (2) Ex officio members.—The Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, the Directors of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the National Institute on Mental Health, the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, the Director of the Center for Disease Control, the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans’ Administration, and the Secretary of Defense shall be ex officio members of the Commission, or their designees. (c) Chairperson.—The members of the Commission shall select a Chairperson from among the appointed members of the Commission. (d) Meetings.—Not later than 60 days after the establishment of the Commission, the Commission shall meet as directed by the Secretary, and thereafter shall meet at the call of the Chairperson of the Commission, but in no event shall the Commission meet less often than three times during the life of the Commission. The 102 STAT. 3061Commission may hold such hearings, take such testimony, and sit and act at such time and places as the Commission considers appropriate. (e) Personnel.— (1) Executive secretary.— (A) Appointment.—The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of an executive secretary to effectively carry out the functions of the Commission. (B) Compensation.—The executive secretary shall be appointed subject to title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and shall receive compensation in accordance with chapter 51 and sub-chapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. (2) Additional personnel.—The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, provide the Commission with such additional professional and clerical staff, such information, and the services of such consultants as the Commission determines to be necessary to carry out its functions effectively. (f) Compensation.— (1) Officers or employees of the federal government.—Members of the Commission who are officers or employees of the Federal Government shall serve as members of the Commission without compensation in addition to that received in their regular public employment. (2) Non-federal government members.—Members of the Commission who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government shall receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for Grade GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) that such members are engaged in the performance of their duties as members of the Commission. (3) Expenses.—All members of the Commission, while serving away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as such expenses are authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in Government Service employed intermittently. (g) Duties.— (1) Study.— The Commission shall— (A) conduct a comprehensive study of the present state of knowledge of the incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality resulting from sleep disorders, and of the social and economic impact of such disorders; (B) evaluate the public and private facilities and resources (including trained personnel and research activities) available for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research into, such disorders; and (C) identify programs (including biological, physiological, behavioral, environmental, and social programs) by which improvement in the management and research into sleep disorders can be accomplished. (2) Development of plan.—Based on the study conducted under paragraph (1), the Commission shall develop a long-range plan for the use and organization of national resources to effectively deal with sleep disorders research and medicine. 102 STAT. 3062 (3) Cooperation.—Each Federal entity administering programs and activities related to sleep disorders shall, on request, assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this subsection. (h) Development of Estimates.—The Commission shall recommend, for each of the Institutes of the National Institutes of Health whose activities are to be affected by the long-range plan, estimates of the expenditures needed to carry out each Institute’s part of the overall program. Such estimates shall be prepared for the fiscal year beginning immediately after completion of the plan under subsection (g)(2) and for each of the next 2 fiscal years. (i) Report.—Not later than 18 months after the initial meeting of the Commission (as prescribed by subsection (d)), the Commission shall prepare and submit to the appropriate Committees of Congress, a final report describing— (1) the long-range plan developed under subsection (g); (2) the expenditure estimates required under subsection (h); and (3) any recommendations of the Commission for legislation. (j) Termination.—The Commission shall cease to exist on the 30th day following the date of the submission of the final report under subsection (i).