30 U.S.C. § 804 : US Code - Section 804: Interim Compliance Panel

Search 30 U.S.C. § 804 : US Code - Section 804: Interim Compliance Panel

(a) Establishment; composition
There is hereby established the Interim Compliance Panel, which
shall be composed of five members as follows:
(1) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards,
Department of Labor, or his delegate;
(2) Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Department of Commerce, or his delegate;
(3) Administrator of Consumer Protection and Environmental
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, or his
delegate;
(4) Director of the United States Bureau of Mines, Department
of the Interior, or his delegate; and
(5) Director of the National Science Foundation, or his
delegate.
(b) Compensation; travel and subsistence expenses
Members of the Panel shall serve without compensation in addition
to that received in their regular employment, but shall be entitled
to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary
expenses incurred by them in the performance of duties vested in
the Panel.
(c) Cooperation of Federal agencies
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary
of the Interior, and the Secretary shall, upon request of the
Panel, provide the Panel such personnel and other assistance as the
Panel determines necessary to enable it to carry out its functions
under this chapter.
(d) Quorum; voting; selection of chairman
Three members of the Panel shall constitute a quorum for doing
business. All decisions of the Panel shall be by majority vote. The
chairman of the Panel shall be selected by the members from among
the membership thereof.
(e) Appointment of administrative law judges; provisions applicable
The Panel is authorized to appoint as many administrative law
judges as are necessary for proceedings required to be conducted in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The provisions
applicable to administrative law judges appointed under section
3105 of title 5 shall be applicable to administrative law judges
appointed pursuant to this subsection.
(f) Functions; hearings; notice and review; termination; annual
report
(1) It shall be the function of the Panel to carry out the duties
imposed on it pursuant to this chapter and to provide an
opportunity for a public hearing, after notice, at the request of
an operator of the affected coal mine or the representative of the
miners of such mine. Any operator or representative of miners
aggrieved by a final decision of the Panel may file a petition for
review of such decision under section 816 of this title. The
provisions of this section shall terminate upon completion of the
Panel's functions as set forth under this chapter. Any hearing held
pursuant to this subsection shall be of record and the Panel shall
make findings of fact and shall issue a written decision
incorporating its findings therein in accordance with section 554
of title 5.
(2) The Panel shall make an annual report, in writing, to the
Secretary for transmittal by him to the Congress concerning the
achievement of its purposes, and any other relevant information
(including any recommendations) which it deems appropriate.