104 STAT. 3760 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 each fiscal year. The location of the meetings of the Board shall be subject to the approval of the Director. A quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority of the members of the Board. The decisions of the Board shall be made by majority vote. (e) TERM; VACANCIES.— The term of office of a member of the Board shall be four years, except that the members initially appointed shall be appointed to serve staggered terms. A member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term may be appointed only for the remainder of such term. A vacancy on the Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. (f) CHAIRPERSON. —The members of the Board shall select a chairperson from among the members. The term of office of the chairperson shall be two years. The member appointed under subsection (b)(1) may not serve as chairperson. (g) COMMITTEES. — The Board may establish one or more temporary committees with agricultural, scientific, technical, or other expertise, whose duties shall be to provide information, analysis, and recommendations, at the request and direction of the Board, on scientific, technological, policy, and other matters, as determined necessary by the Board. (h) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board who are officers or employees of the United States shall not receive any additional compensation by reason of service on the Board. Other members of the Board shall receive, for each day (including travel time) they are engaged in the performance of the functions of the Board, compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule. All members of the Board shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. (i) RESTRICTIONS.— (1) CONFLICT OF INTEREST. —Except as provided in paragraph (3), no member of the Board shall vote on any matter respecting any application, contract, claim, or other particular matter pending before the Center, in which, to the knowledge of the member, such member, spouse or child of such member, partner or organization in which such member is serving as officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee, or any person or organization with whom such member is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment, has a financial interest. (2) VIOLATIONS. — Action by a member of the Board that is contrary to the prohibition contained in paragraph (1) shall be cause for removal of such member, but shall not impair or otherwise affect the validity of any otherwise lawful action by the Center in which the member or officer participated. (3) EXCEPTIONS. —The prohibitions contained in paragraph (1) shall not apply if a member of the Board advises the Board of the nature of the particular matter in which such member proposes to participate in, and if such member makes a full disclosure of such financial interest, prior to any participation, and the Board determines, by majority vote, that the financial interest is too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of such member'services to the Center in that matter. The member involved shall not participate in such determination.
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