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PUBLIC LAW 92-463-OCT. 6, 1972

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(c) The Director shall prescribe administrative guidelines and man- guTdei°n^8."''* agement controls applicable to advisory committees, and, to the maximmn extent feasible, provide advice, assistance, and guidance to advisory committees to improve their performance. In carrying out his functions under this subsection, the Director shall consider the recommendations of each agency head with respect to means of improving the performance of advisory committees vrhose duties are related to such agency. (d)(1) The Director, after study and consultation with the Civil umform pay •y

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feervice Commission, shall establish guidelines with respect to uniform fair rates of pay for comparable services of membersj staffs, and con,,,.,;: sultants of advisory committees in a manner which gives appropriate recognition to the responsibilities and qualifications required and other relevant factors. Such regulations shall provide that— (A) no member of any advisory committee or of the staff of any advisory committee shall receive compensation at a rate in excess of the rate specified for GS-18 of the General Schedule under 5 USC 5332 note. section 5332 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) such members, while engaged in the performance of their Travel expenses, duties away from their homes or regular places of business, may ' be allo\^ed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, 83*stSI^V9V^' for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. (2) Nothing in this subsection shall prevent— (A) an individual who (without regard to his service with an advisory committee) is a full-time employee of the United States, or (B) an individual who immediately before.his service with an advisorv committee was such an employee, from receiving compensation at the rate at which he otherwise would be compensated (or was compensated) as a full-time employee of the United States. (e) The Director shall include in budget recommendations a sum- Expense recomp.i

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mary oi the amounts he deems necessary for the expenses oi advisory committees, including the expenses for publication of reports where appropriate. RESPONSIBILITIES

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SEC. 8. (a) Each agency head shall establish uniform administrative ..,,, / guidelines and management controls for advisory committees established by that agency, which shall be consistent with directives of the ^, <, ,. y Director under section 7 and section 10. Each agency shall maintain •* systematic information on the nature, functions, and operations of each advisory committee within its jurisdiction. (b) The head of each agency which has an advisory committee shall Advisory comdesignate an Advisory Committee Management Officer who shall— menrc^nt"of^" (1) exercise control and supervision over the establishment, officer, designsprocedures, and accomplishments of advisory committees estab- '*°"' fished by that agency; (2) assemble and maintain the reports, records, and other papers of any such committee during its existence; and (3) carry out, on behalf of that agency, the provisions of sec- 81 Stat. 54. tion 552 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to such reports, records, and other papers. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE <^F ADVISORY

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SEC. 9. (a) No advisory committee shall be established unless such establishment is— (1) specifioally authorized by statute or by the President; or

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