Section 55Sec./Art. 55

Joint Congressional Oversight Committee (JCOC). - There shall be created a Joint Congressional Oversight Committee (JCOC) to oversee the implementation of this Act and to review the accomplishments and the utilization of income of the PhilATOM.

The JCOC shall be composed of five (5) members each from the Senate and the House of Representatives, including the Chairpersons of the Committee on Science and Technology, Committee on Health and Demography, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and two (2) members to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and the Chairpersons of the Special Committee on Nuclear Energy, the Committee on Health, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and two (2) members to be appointed by the Speaker; Provided, That one (1) member from each chamber shall come from the minority. The secretariat of the JCOC shall be drawn from the existing personnel of the committees comprising the JCOC.