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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

§ 394. Scientific review groups

Statutory text

Without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs may—

(1)

establish such technical and scientific review groups as are needed to carry out the functions of the Food and Drug Administration (including functions prescribed under this chapter); and

(2)

appoint and pay the members of such groups, except that officers and employees of the United States shall not receive additional compensation for service as members of such groups.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act

    Pub. L. 101–635 title III § 301 · 104 Stat. 4583

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 394

    June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1004, formerly § 903, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title III, § 301, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4584

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1004, formerly § 903, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title III, § 301, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4584

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 301. SCIENTIFIC REVIEW GROUPS. Chapter IX (21 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “SEC. 903. SCIENTIFIC REVIEW GROUPS. Without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs may— “(1) establish such technical and scientific review groups as are needed to carry out the functions of the Food and Drug Administration (including functions prescribed under this Act); and “(2) appoint and pay the members of such groups, except that officers and employees of the United States shall not receive additional compensation for service as members of such groups.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

1938–2009 · 3 acts
  1. 1938June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1004, formerly § 903, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title III, § 301, , 104 Stat. 4584
  2. 1993renumbered § 904, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2006(1), , 107 Stat. 209
  3. 2009renumbered § 1004, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), , 123 Stat. 1784.
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(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1004, formerly § 903, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title III, § 301, , 104 Stat. 4584; renumbered § 904, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2006(1), , 107 Stat. 209; renumbered § 1004, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), , 123 Stat. 1784.)

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