...University Press, 1990.) 10. The "Act to Incorporate the National Academy of Sciences" of March 3,1863, specifies that the Academy "...shall, whenever called...and report upon any subject of science or art...." It further provides for the expenses of such advice to be defrayed by the requesting agency, but provides...

...world. The National Academy of Sciences was chartered by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The charter says, "The Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the government, investigate, examine, and report upon any subject of science or art." It continues: "The Academy shall receive no compensation...

...Academy's unremunerated advisory services could be "called upon by any department of the Government to investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art." However, the creation of such an advisory body had been an old dream of Bache's, and little was said...

...Treasurer, Charles D. Walcott, Washington DC The-Aca<lemy, incorporated by act of Congress March 3, 1863, "shall, whenever called upon by any department of...any subject of science or art; the actual expense * * * to be paid from appropriations which maj be made for the purpose." The Academy holds a stated...

...scientific ind engineering research. Established originally in 1863 under Congressional charter to, '...whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, ind report upon any subject of science or art, ..." the NAS was eventually expanded to include the...

...originally chartered by Congress in l863 to provide a mechanism for eminent scientists and engineers to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" TheCornm requested by the government. The IOM was chartered in l970 by the NAS to enlist distinguished...

...460, 462, 463 (emphasis added) . Indeed, NAS was created by a Congressional charter, which provides that the "academy shall- whenever called upon by any...experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art . . . ." 36 OSC S 253 (emphasis added). Congress further provided that the "academy shall receive no...

...Academy committees. The National Academy of Sciences was chartered by Congress in 1863 and has a duty to, "whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, end report upon any subject of science or art.' 36 USC $ 253. To fulfill this Congressional mandate,...

...of another war—had managed to open such a channel. Although the academy's charter requires that it "shall, whenever called upon by any department of...experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art," in practice it and the National Research Council received few such summonses. Apart from sporadic requests...

...It was chartered by Congress in 1863 to provide a mechanism for eminent scientists and engineers to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" requested by the government. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the NAS to enlist...