Sec. 125. Advisory Committee
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The President shall designate an advisory committee on engineering biology research and development with at least 12 members, including representatives of research and academic institutions, industry, and nongovernmental entities, who are qualified to provide advice on the Program. The Advisory Committee shall assess— progress made in implementing the Program; the need to revise the Program; the balance of activities and funding across the Program; whether the Program priorities and goals developed by the Interagency Committee are helping to maintain United States leadership in engineering biology; the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the Program; and whether ethical, legal, environmental, and other appropriate societal issues are adequately addressed by the Program.
The Advisory Committee shall report within 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and thereafter not less frequently than once every 5 years, to the President, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, on its findings of the assessment carried out under this section and its recommendations for ways to improve the Program. Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.