Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/92

 PUBLIC LAW 95-24—APR. 30, 1977

91 STAT. 58

Report to Congress and President.

(2) more eflPective means of community participation in local governance; (3) policies to encourage the survival of economically and socially diverse neighborhoods; (4) policies to prevent such destructive practices as blockbusting, redlining, resegregation, speculation in reviving neighborhoods, and to promote homeownership in urban communities; (5) policies to encourage better maintenance and management of existing rental housing; (6) policies to make maintenance and rehabilitation of existing structures at least as attractive from a tax viewpoint as demolition and development of new structures; (7) modification in local zoning and tax policies to facilitate preservation and revitalization of existing neighborhoods; and (8) reorientation of existing housing and community development programs and other tax and subsidy policies that affect neighborhoods, to better support neighborhood preservation efforts. (c) Not later than one year after the date on which funds first become available to carry out this title, the Commission shall submit to the Congress and the President a comprehensive report on its study and investigation under this subsection which shall include its findings, conclusions, and recommendations and such proposals for legislation and administrative action as may be necessary to carry out its recommendations. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS

42 USC 1441 note.

SEC. 205. (a) Members of the Commission who are Members of Congress or full-time officers or employees of the United States shall serve without additional compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission. (b) Members of the Commission, other than those referred to in subsection (a), shall receive compensation at the rate of $100 per day for each day they are engaged in the actual performance of the duties vested in the Commission and shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties. ^K

Appointments and compensation in competitive service.

42 USC 1441 note.

Experts and consultants.

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 206. (a) The Commission shall have the power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, but at rates not in excess of a maximum rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title. (b) The Commission may procure, in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants. Persons so employed shall receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Commission but not in excess of $100 per day, including traveltime. While away from his or her home or regular place of business in the performance of services for the Commission, any such person may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by

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