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80 Stat. 416. Post, p. 198-1.

PUBLIC LAW 91-230-APR. 13, 1970

[84 STAT.

"(b) The Commissioner shall engage such personnel and technical assistance as may be required to permit Secretarial and Commissioner's advisory councils to carry out their functions as prescribed by law. "(c) Subject to regulations of the Commissioner, Presidential advisory councils are authorized to procure temporary and intermittent services of such personnel as are necessary to the extent authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of such title. ' ' M E E T I N G S OF ADVISORY

COUNCILS

"SEC. 436. (a) Each statutory advisory cou]icil shall meet at the call of the chairman thereof but not less than two times each year. Nonstatutory advisory councils shall meet in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. " (b) Minutes of each meeting of each advisory council shall be kept and shall contain a record of the persons present, a description of matters discussed and conclusions reached, and copies of all reports received, issued, or approved by the advisory council. The accuracy of all minutes shall be certified to by the chairman of the advisory council. A U D I T I N G AND REVIEW OF ADVISORY C O U N C I L ACTIVITIES

GAO audit.

"SEC. 437. (a) Each statutory advisory council shall be subject to such general regulations as the Commissioner may promulgate respecting the governance of statutory advisory councils and shall keep such records of its activities as will fully disclose the disposition of any funds which may be at its disposal and the nature and extent of its activities in carrying out its functions. " (b) The Comptroller Ceneral of the United States, or any of his duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, and records of each statutorv advis:ory council. " R E P O R T BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

Report to congressional committees.

Abolishment.

Repeal. 82 Stat. 1051. 20 USC 11471150. Ante, p. 166.

"SEC. 438. (a) Not later than March 31 of each calendar year after 1970, the Commissioner shall submit, as a part of the Commissioner's annual report, a report on the activities of the advisory councils which are subject to this part to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. Such report shall contain, at least, a list of all such advisory councils, the names and affiliations of their members, a description of the function of each advisory council, and a statement of the dates of the meetings of each such advisory council. "(b) If the Commissioner determines that a statutory advisor}' council is not needed or that the functions of two or more statutory advisory councils should be combined, he shall include in the report a recommendation that such advisory council be abolished or that such functions be combined. T^nless there is an objection to such action by either the Senate or the House of Representatives within ninety days after the submission of such report, the Commissioner is authorized to abolish such advisory council or combine the functions of two or more advisory councils as recommended in such report.". (b) Sections 1207, 1208, 1209, and 1210 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (as added by Public Law 90-575) are superseded by part A of title IV of Public Law 90-247 and are hereby repealed.

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