116 STAT. 2452 PUBLIC LAW 107-310—DEC. 2, 2002 (C) by striking subparagraphs (F) and (G) and inserting the following: "(F) 5 members shall be selected by the Director from among State dam safety officials; and "(G) 1 member shall be selected by the Director to represent the private sector.". (3) NONVOTING MEMBERSHIP; DUTIES; WORK GROUPS.— Section 8(f) (as redesignated by subsection (e) of this section) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: " (4) NONVOTING MEMBERSHIP. — The Director, in consultation with the Board, may invite a representative of the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy and may invite representatives from Federal or State agencies or dam safety experts, as needed, to participate in meetings of the Board. "(5) DUTIES. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —The Board shall encourage the establishment and maintenance of effective programs, policies, and guidelines to enhance dam safety for the protection of human life and property throughout the United States. " (B) COORDINATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE AMONG AGENCIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Board shall encourage coordination and information exchange among Federal and State dam safety agencies that share common problems and responsibilities for dam safety, including planning, design, construction, operation, emergency action planning, inspections, maintenance, regulation or licensing, technical or financial assistance, research, and data management. "(6) WORK GROUPS. —The Director may establish work groups under the Board to assist the Board in accomplishing its goals. The work groups shall consist of members of the Board and other individuals selected by the Director.". (4) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Section 8(f) (as redesignated by subsection (e) of this section) is amended by striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)(A) of this subsection) and inserting the following: "(8) TRAVEL EXPENSES.— " (A) REPRESENTATIVES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES. —To the extent amounts are made available in advance in appropriations Acts, each member of the Board who represents a Federal agency shall be reimbursed of appropriations for travel expenses by his or her agency, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of services for the Board. "(B) OTHER INDIVIDUALS.— To the extent amounts are made available in advance in appropriations Acts, each member of the Board who represents a State agency, the member of the Board who represents the private sector, and each member of a work group created under paragraph (1) shall be reimbursed for travel expenses by FEMA,
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