(a) Vacancies in Advisory BoardAny vacancy in the Advisory Board shall not affect its duties under this title and shall be filled in the same manner as the original position.
(b) Compensation and expenses of members of Advisory BoardMembers of the Advisory Board shall serve without compensation, if not otherwise officers or employees of the United States, except that they shall, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services under this chapter, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under sections 5701 through 5707 of title 5.
(c) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as Congress may determine necessary to carry out the provisions of section 3127 of this title and subsection (b) of this section.
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CHAPTER 64— AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER II— COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
§ 3121. Responsibilities of Secretary and Department of Agriculture
§ 3123. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
§ 3123a. Specialty crop committee
§ 3124. Existing research programs
§ 3124a. Federal-State partnership and coordination
§ 3125. Annual report of Secretary of Agriculture to President and Congress
§ 3125a. National Agricultural Library
§ 3125a–1. Agricultural and food law research, legal tools, and information
§ 3125b. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse
§ 3126. Libraries and information network