116 STAT. 1260 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 (8) maintain a temporary office in the District of Columbia and establish a permanent office at a centred and appropriate location it may select and field offices at other places it may consider appropriate; and (9) take other actions and incur other expenses as may be necessary or appropriate. (b) AUTHORIZATIONS. — (1) DETAIL EMPLOYEES.—The head of a federal department or agency may detail personnel under subsection (a)(3). (2) ENTER INTO AND PERFORM TRANSACTIONS.— A department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by law, may enter into and perform a contract, lease, cooperative agreement, or other transaction under subsection (a)(7). (c) RETIREMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS. — The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may contract with the Commission for continued coverage of Commission employees, if the employees are federal employees when they begin Commission employment, in the retirement program and other employee benefit programs of the Government. (d) EXPENSES.—Administrative expenses of the Commission shall be paid equally by the Government and the States in the Appalachian region, except that the expenses of the Federal Cochairman, the alternate to the Federal Cochairman, and the staff of the Federal Cochairman shall be paid only by the Government. The Commission shall determine the amount to be paid by each State. The Federal Cochairman shall not participate or vote in that determination. Assistance authorized by this subtitle shall not be furnished to any State or to any political subdivision or any resident of any State, and a state member of the Commission shall not participate or vote in any decision by the Commission, while the State is delinquent in payment of its share of administrative expenses. §14307. Meetings (a) IN GENERAL.— The Appalachian Regional Commission shall conduct at least one meeting each year with the Federal Cochairman and at least a majority of the state members present. (b) ADDITIONAL MEETINGS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS. —The Commission may conduct additional meetings by electronic means as the Commission considers advisable, including meetings to decide matters requiring an affirmative vote. §14308. Information (a) ACTIONS OF COMMISSION.— To obtain information needed to carry out its duties, the Appsdachian Regional Commission shall— (1) hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, receive evidence, and print or otherwise reproduce and distribute so much of its proceedings and reports on the proceedings as the Commission may deem advisable; (2) arrange for the head of any federal, state, or local department or agency to furnish to the Commission information as may be available to or procurable by the department or agency; and (3) keep accurate and complete records of its doings and transactions which shall be made available for— (A) public inspection; and
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