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[CITE: 22USC4605]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
              CHAPTER 56--UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
 
Sec. 4605. Board of Directors


(a) Vested powers

    The powers of the Institute shall be vested in a Board of Directors 
unless otherwise specified in this chapter.

(b) Membership

    The Board shall consist of fifteen voting members as follows:
        (1) The Secretary of State (or if the Secretary so designates, 
    another officer of the Department of State who was appointed with 
    the advice and consent of the Senate).
        (2) The Secretary of Defense (or if the Secretary so designates, 
    another officer of the Department of Defense who was appointed with 
    the advice and consent of the Senate).
        (3) The president of the National Defense University (or if the 
    president so designates, the vice president of the National Defense 
    University).
        (4) Twelve individuals appointed by the President, by and with 
    the advice and consent of the Senate.

(c) Political affiliation

    Not more than eight voting members of the Board (including members 
described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b) of this 
section) may be members of the same political party.

(d) Qualifications

    (1) Each individual appointed to the Board under subsection (b)(5) 
of this section shall have appropriate practical or academic experience 
in peace and conflict resolution efforts of the United States.
    (2) Officers and employees of the United States Government may not 
be appointed to the Board under subsection (b)(5) of this section.

(e) Term of office: commencement and termination, interim and remainder 
        service, limitation

    (1) Members of the Board appointed under subsection (b)(5) of this 
section shall be appointed to four year terms, except that--
        (A) the term of six of the members initially appointed shall be 
    two years, as designated by the President at the time of their 
    nomination;
        (B) a member may continue to serve until his or her successor is 
    appointed; and
        (C) a member appointed to replace a member whose term has not 
    expired shall be appointed to serve the remainder of that term.

    (2) The terms of the members of the Board initially appointed under 
subsection (b)(5) of this section shall begin on January 20, 1985, and 
subsequent terms shall begin upon the expiration of the preceding term, 
regardless of when a member is appointed to fill that term.
    (3) The President may not nominate an individual for appointment to 
the Board under subsection (b)(5) of this section prior to January 20, 
1985, but shall submit the names of eleven nominees for initial Board 
membership under subsection (b)(5) of this section not later than ninety 
days after that date. If the Senate rejects such a nomination or if such 
a nomination is withdrawn, the President shall submit the name of a new 
nominee within fifteen days.
    (4) An individual appointed as a member of the Board under 
subsection (b)(5) of this section may not be appointed to more than two 
terms on the Board.

(f) Removal from office

    A member of the Board appointed under subsection (b)(5) of this 
section may be removed by the President--
        (1) in consultation with the Board, for conviction of a felony, 
    malfeasance in office, persistent neglect of duties, or inability to 
    discharge duties;
        (2) upon the recommendation of eight voting members of the 
    Board; or
        (3) upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the 
    Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Education and 
    Labor of the House of Representatives and a majority of the members 
    of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Labor and 
    Human Resources of the Senate.

A recommendation made in accordance with paragraph (2) may be made only 
pursuant to action taken at a meeting of the Board, which may be closed 
pursuant to the procedures of subsection (h)(3) of this section. Only 
members who are present may vote. A record of the vote shall be 
maintained. The President shall be informed immediately by the Board of 
the recommendation.

(g) Conflict of interests

    No member of the Board may participate in any decision, action, or 
recommendation with respect to any matter which directly and financially 
benefits the member or pertains specifically to any public body or any 
private or nonprofit firm or organization with which the member is then 
formally associated or has been formally associated within a period of 
two years, except that this subsection shall not be construed to 
prohibit an ex officio member of the Board from participation in actions 
of the Board which pertain specifically to the public body of which that 
member is an officer.

(h) Meetings; Chairman; Vice Chairman; quorum; notice in Federal 
        Register; closure

    Meetings of the Board shall be conducted as follows:
        (1) The President shall stipulate by name the nominee who shall 
    be the first Chairman of the Board. The first Chairman shall serve 
    for a term of three years. Thereafter, the Board shall elect a 
    Chairman every three years from among the directors appointed by the 
    President under subsection (b)(5) of this section and may elect a 
    Vice Chairman if so provided by the Institute's bylaws.
        (2) The Board shall meet at least semiannually, at any time 
    pursuant to the call of the Chairman or as requested in writing to 
    the Chairman by at least five members of the Board. A majority of 
    the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for any Board 
    meeting.
        (3) All meetings of the Board shall be open to public 
    observation and shall be preceded by reasonable public notice. 
    Notice in the Federal Register shall be deemed to be reasonable 
    public notice for purposes of the preceding sentence. In exceptional 
    circumstances, the Board may close those portions of a meeting, upon 
    a majority vote of its members present and with the vote taken in 
    public session, which are likely to disclose information likely to 
    affect adversely any ongoing peace proceeding or activity or to 
    disclose information or matters exempted from public disclosure 
    pursuant to subsection (c) of section 552b of title 5.

(i) Compensation

    A director appointed by the President under subsection (b)(5) of 
this section shall be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the 
annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the General 
Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 for each day during which the 
director is engaged in the performance of duties as a member of the 
Board.

(j) Travel expenses

    While away from his home or regular place of business in the 
performance of duties for the Institute, a director shall be allowed 
travel expenses, including a per diem in lieu of subsistence, not to 
exceed the expenses allowed persons employed intermittently in 
Government service under section 5703(b) \1\ of title 5.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 98-525, title XVII, Sec. 1706, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2654; 
Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, Sec. 1225(c)(1), Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-773.)

                       References in Text

    Section 5703 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (j), was amended 
generally by Pub. L. 94-22, Sec. 4, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 85, and, as 
so amended, does not contain a subsec. (b).


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1225(c)(1), redesignated 
par. (4) as (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: 
``The Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (or if the 
Director so designates, another officer of that Agency who was appointed 
with the advice and consent of the Senate).''
    Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1225(c)(1)(B), (C), 
redesignated par. (5) as (4) and substituted ``Twelve'' for ``Eleven''. 
Former par. (4) redesignated (3).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives and Committee on Education and Labor of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Economic and 
Educational Opportunities of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of 
Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The 
Congress. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of House 
of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce 
of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth 
Congress, Jan. 7, 1997.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 
1201 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 
6511 of this title.


         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.
