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 PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 1493

"(2) monitor, apprise, and evaluate the effectiveness of student aid delivery and recommend improvements; "(3) recommend data collection needs and student information requirements which would improve access and choice for eligible students under this title and assist the Department of Education in improving the delivery of student aid and in assessing the impact of legislative and administrative policy proposals; "(4) review and comment upon, prior to promulgation, all regulations affecting programs under this title, including proposed regulations; "(5) recommend to the Congress and to the Secretary such studies, surveys, and analyses of student financial assistance programs, policies, and practices, including the special needs of low-income, disadvantaged, and nontraditional students, and the means by which the needs may be met, but nothing in this section shall authorize the committee to perform such studies, surveys, or analyses; "(6) review and comment upon standards by which financial need is measured in determining eligibility for Federal student assistance programs; and "(7) appraise the adequacies and deficiencies of current student financial aid information resources and services and evaluate the effectiveness of current student aid information programs. "(e) OPERATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE.—(1) Each member of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that, of the members first appointed— "(A) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; "(B) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and •-^-' "(C) 3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, as designated at the time of appointment by the Secretary. "(2) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of a predecessor shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. A member of the Advisory Committee shall, upon request, continue to serve after the expiration of a term until a successor has been appointed. A member of the Advisory Committee may be reappointed to successive terms on the Advisory Committee. "(3) The Advisory Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members. "(4) Six members of the Advisory Committee shall constitute a quorum. "(5) The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman or a majority of its members. "(f) SUBMISSION TO DEPARTMENT FOR COMMENT.—The Advisory

Committee may submit its proposed recommendations to the Department of Education for comment for a period not to exceed 30 days in each instance. (g) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.—(1) Members of the Advisory

Committee who are officers or full-time employees of the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees of the United States; but they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

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