 
  CHAPTER 59--BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 
                                 PROGRAM
 
Sec. 4710. Administrative provisions


(a) In general

    In order to carry out this chapter, the Foundation may--
        (1) appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be 
    necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, except that 
    in no case may an employee other than the Executive Secretary be 
    compensated at a rate to exceed the maximum rate provided for 
    employees in grade GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 
    of title 5;
        (2) procure temporary and intermittent services of experts and 
    consultants as are necessary to the extent authorized by section 
    3109 of title 5, but at rates not to exceed the rate specified at 
    the time of such service for grade GS-18 under section 5332 of such 
    title;
        (3) prescribe such regulations as it considers necessary 
    governing the manner in which its functions shall be carried out;
        (4) receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, or 
    devised, without condition or restriction other than it be used for 
    the purposes of the Foundation, and to use, sell, or otherwise 
    dispose of such property for the purpose of carrying out its 
    functions;
        (5) accept and use the services of voluntary and noncompensated 
    personnel and for travel expenses, including per diem, as authorized 
    by section 5703 of title 5;
        (6) enter into contracts or other arrangements, or make grants, 
    to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and enter into such 
    contracts or other arrangements, or make such grants, with the 
    concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the Board, without 
    performance or other bonds and without regard to section 5 of title 
    41;
        (7) rent office space in the Washington, District of Columbia, 
    metropolitan area; and
        (8) make other necessary expenditures.

(b) Annual report

    The Foundation shall submit to the President and to Congress an 
annual report of its operations under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1411, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 
4011; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1179(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1770.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``the Washington, 
District of Columbia, metropolitan area'' for ``the District of 
Columbia''.


         References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

    References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to 
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered 
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.
