; and (ii) ensure that the proceedings and deliberations of the Board are transparent and are supported by a description of the methods, data sources, assumptions, outcomes, and related information that will allow the public to understand how the Board reaches its criteria-setting and award decisions. (3) Expert advisory committees To assist the Board in carrying out this Act, the Board shall establish independent expert advisory committees, including committees on the following: (A) Economic evaluation of therapeutic benefits. (B) Business models and incentive structures for innovation. (C) Research and development priorities. (D) Orphan diseases. (E) Financial control and auditing. (F) Open source biomedical science. (4) Powers of members and agents Any member or agent of the Board may, if authorized by the Board, take any action which the Board is authorized to take under this Act. (5) Mails The Board may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States. 9. Prize payments for medical innovation (a) Award For fiscal year 2019, and each subsequent fiscal year, the Board shall award to persons described in subsection (b) prize payments for medical innovation relating to a drug, a biological product, or a new manufacturing process for a drug or biological product. (b) Eligibility To be eligible to receive a prize payment under subsection (a) for medical innovation relating to a drug, a biological product, or a manufacturing process, a person shall be— (1) in the case of a drug or biological product, the first person to receive market clearance with respect to the drug or biological product; (2) in the case of a manufacturing process, the holder of the patent with respect to such process