Title III, SEC. 3001. NATIONAL COUNCIL ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. (a) In General. There is established within the Department of Health and Human Services a council to be known as the National Council on Graduate Medical Education. (b) Duties. The Secretary shall carry out subpart B acting through the National Council. (c) Composition. (1) In general. The membership of the National Council shall include individuals who are appointed to the Council from among individuals who are not officers or employees of the United States. Such individuals shall be appointed by the Secretary, and shall include individuals from each of the following categories: (A) Consumers of health care services. (B) Physicians who are faculty members of medical schools. (C) Physicians in private practice who are not physicians described in subparagraph (B). (D) Officers or employees of regional and corporate health alliances. (E) Officers or employees of health care plans that participate in such alliances. (F) Such other individuals as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (2) Ex officio members; other federal officers or employees. The membership of the National Council shall include individuals designated by the Secretary to serve as members of the Council from among Federal officers or employees who are appointed by the President, or by the Secretary or other Federal officers who are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. (d) Chair. The Secretary shall, from among members of the National Council appointed under subsection (a)(1), designate an individual to serve as the Chair of the Council. (e) Definitions. For purposes of this subtitle: (1) The term ``medical school'' means a school of medicine (as defined in section 799 of the Public Health Service Act) or a school of osteopathic medicine (as defined in such section). (2) The term ``National Council'' means the council established in subsection (a).