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PUBLIC LAW 104-288—OCT. 11, 1996 110 STAT. 3409 "(e)(1) The Council shall coordinate national policies and programs relating to international travel and tourism, recreation, and national heritage resources, which involve Federal agencies; "(2) The Council may request directly from any Federal department or agency such personnel, information, services, or facilities as deemed necessary by the Chairman and to the extent permitted by law and within the limits of available funds. "(3) Federal departments and agencies may, in their discretion, detail to temporary duty with the Council such personnel as the Chairman may request for carrying out the ftinctions of the Council. Each such detail of personnel shall be without loss of seniority, pay, or other employee status. "(f) Where necessary to prevent the public disclosure of nonpublic information which may be presented by a Council member, the Council may hold, at the discretion of the Chairmsm, a closed meeting which may exclude any individual who is not an officer or employee of the United States. "(g) The Council shall submit an annual report for the preceding Reports. fiscal year to the President for transmittal to the Congress on or before December 31 of each year. The report shall include— "(1) a comprehensive and detailed report of the activities and accomplishments of the Council; "(2) the results of Council efforts to coordinate the policies and programs of member's agencies that have a significant effect on international travel and tourism, recreation, and national heritage resources, including progress toward resolving interagency conflicts and development of cooperative program activity; "(3) an analysis of problems referred to the Council by State and local governments, the tourism industry, the United States National Tourism Organization, the Secretary of Commerce, along with a detailed summary of any action taken or anticipated to resolve such problems; and "(4) any recommendation as deemed appropriate by the Council. "(h) The membership of the President of the United States National Tourism Organization on the Council shall not in itself make the Federal Advisory Committee Act applicable to the Council.".