97 STAT. 200 PUBLIC LAW 98-36—MAY 27, 1983 Public Law 98-36 98th Congress May 27, 1983 [S. 653] Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Act of 1983 10 USC 171 note. 10 USC 178. Membership. Term of office. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a Foundation for the Advance- ment of Military Medicine, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medi- cine Act of 1983". SEC. 2. (a) Chapter 7 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
- '§178. Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
" (a) There is authorized to be established a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Foundation) which shall not for any purpose be an agency or instrumentality of the United States Government. The Foundation shall be subject to the provisions of this section and, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, the Corporations and Associations Articles of the State of Maryland. "(b) It shall be the purpose of the Foundation (1) to carry out medical research and education projects under cooperative arrange- ments with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sci- ences, (2) to serve as a focus for the interchange between military and civilian medical personnel, and (3) to encourage the participa- tion of the medical, dental, nursing, veterinary, and other biomedi- cal sciences in the work of the Foundation for the mutual benefit of military and civilian medicine. "(c)(1) The Foundation shall have a Council of Directors (herein- after in this section referred to as the 'Council') composed of— "(A) the Chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives (or their designees from the membership of such committees), who shall be ex officio members, "(B) the Dean of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, who shall be an ex officio member, and "(C) four members appointed by the ex officio members of the Council designated in clauses (A) and (B). "(2) The term of office of each member of the Council appointed under clause (C) of paragraph (1) shall be four years, except that— "(A) any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and "(B) the terms of office of members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the ex officio members of the Council at the time of the appointment, two at the end of two years and two at the end of four years. "(3) The Council shall elect a chairman from among its members.
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