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[CITE: 42USC12374]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
   CHAPTER 127--COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
 
Sec. 12374. Conference committees


(a) Advisory committee

    The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to the 
Conference which shall include representatives from the Federal Council 
on Children, Youth, and Families, public agencies and nonprofit private 
organizations as appropriate.

(b) Other committees

    The Secretary may establish such other committees, including 
technical committees, as may be necessary to assist in the planning, 
conducting, and reviewing of the Conference.

(c) Composition of committees

    Each committee established under this section shall be composed of 
professionals and public members, and shall include individuals from 
low-income families and from minority groups.

(d) Compensation

    Members of any committee established under this section (other than 
any officers or employees of the Federal Government), while attending 
conferences or meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the 
request of the Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a 
rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not to exceed the daily rate 
payable for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 
(including travel time). While away from their homes or regular places 
of business, such members may be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized under section 5703 of such 
title for persons employed intermittently in Federal Government service.

(Pub. L. 101-501, title IX, Sec. 985, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1282.)


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by 
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a committee established by Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, 
Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.


         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.
