Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
                                    
             FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT AND PRIVACY ACT


Federal Advisory Committee Act

The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments was
established by the President and operates under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA).  The relevant provisions of FACA
are the following:

     @ 10.   Advisory committee procedures; meetings; notice,
     publication in Federal Register; regulations; minutes;
     certification; annual report; Federal officer or employee,
     attendance

        (a)(1) Each advisory committee meeting shall be open to
     the public.
        (2) Except when the President determines otherwise for
     reasons of national security, timely notice of each such
     meeting shall be published in the Federal Register, and the
     Director [Administrator] shall prescribe regulations to
     provide for other types of public notice to insure that all
     interested persons are notified of such meeting prior
     thereto.
        (3) Interested persons shall be permitted to attend,
     appear before, or file statements with any advisory
     committee, subject to such reasonable rules or regulations
     as the Director [Administrator] may prescribe.

        (b) Subject to section 552 of title 5, United States Code
     [5 USCS @ 552], the records, reports, transcripts, minutes,
     appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, or
     other documents which were made available to or prepared for
     or by each advisory committee shall be available for public
     inspection and copying at a single location in the offices
     of the advisory committee or the agency to which the
     advisory committee reports until the advisory committee
     ceases to exist.

        (c) Detailed minutes of each meeting of each advisory
     committee shall be kept and shall contain a record of the
     persons present, a complete and accurate description of
     matters discussed and conclusions reached, and copies of all
     reports received, issued, or approved by the advisory
     committee. The accuracy of all minutes shall be certified to
     by the chairman of the advisory committee.

        (d) Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) of this section shall
     not apply to any portion of an advisory committee meeting
     where the President, or the head of the agency to which the
     advisory committee reports, determines that such portion of
     such meeting may be closed to the public in accordance with
     subsection (c) of section 552b of title 5, United States
     Code [5 USCS @ 552b(c)].  Any such determination shall be in
     writing and shall contain the reasons for such
     determination. If such a determination is made, the advisory
     committee shall issue a report at least annually setting
     forth a summary of its activities and such related matters
     as would be informative to the public consistent with the
     policy of section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code [5
     USCS @ 552(b)].

        (e) There shall be designated an officer or employee of
     the Federal Government to chair or attend each meeting of
     each advisory committee. The officer or employee so
     designated is authorized, whenever he determines it to be in
     the public interest, to adjourn any such meeting. No
     advisory committee shall conduct any meeting in the absence
     of that officer or employee.

        (f) Advisory committees shall not hold any meetings
     except at the call of, or with the advance approval of, a
     designated officer or employee of the Federal Government,
     and in the case of advisory committees (other than
     Presidential advisory committee), with an agenda approved by
     such officer or employee.


In conformity with these provisions, 

o    the Advisory Committee's meetings are open to the public
(see the schedule and methods of communicating elsewhere in this
file); and
o    the Advisory Committee maintains a public reading room (see
the description of location, hours, and services elsewhere in
this file).


Privacy Act

The records of the Advisory Committee itself are subject to the
Privacy Act, which prohibits the release of personal information
about the members and staff of the Advisory Committee.