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[CITE: 42USC2495]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
 CHAPTER 27--LOAN SERVICE OF CAPTIONED FILMS AND EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOR 
                               HANDICAPPED
 
Sec. 2495. National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf


(a) Establishment; number and appointment of members; representation of 
        interests; Chairman; term of office; vacancies; restriction on 
        term

    (1) For the purpose of advising and assisting the Secretary of 
Education (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') 
with respect to the education of the deaf, there is hereby created a 
National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf, which shall 
consist of twelve persons, not otherwise in the employ of the United 
States, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the civil service 
laws.
    (2) The membership of the Advisory Committee shall include educators 
of the deaf, persons interested in education of the deaf, educators of 
the hearing, and deaf individuals.
    (3) The Secretary shall from time to time designate one of the 
members of the Advisory Committee to serve as Chairman of the Advisory 
Committee.
    (4) Each member of the Advisory Committee shall serve for a term of 
four years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was 
appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term, and 
except that the terms of the office of the members first taking office 
shall expire, as designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment, 
three at the end of the first year, three at the end of the second year, 
three at the end of the third year, and three at the end of the fourth 
year after the date of appointment.
    (5) A member of the Advisory Committee shall not be eligible to 
serve continuously for more than one term.

(b) Functions of Advisory Committee

    The Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretary concerning the 
carrying out of existing and the formulating of new or modified programs 
with respect to the education of the deaf. In carrying out its 
functions, the Advisory Committee shall (A) make recommendations to the 
Secretary for the development of a system for gathering information on a 
periodic basis in order to facilitate the assessment of progress and 
identification of problems in the education of the deaf; (B) identify 
emerging needs respecting the education of the deaf, and suggest 
innovations which give promise of meeting such needs and of otherwise 
improving the educational prospects of deaf individuals; (C) suggest 
promising areas of inquiry to give direction to the research efforts of 
the Federal Government in improving the education of the deaf; and (D) 
make such other recommendations for administrative action or legislative 
proposals as may be appropriate.

(c) Advisory professional or technical personnel

    The Secretary may, at the request of the Advisory Committee appoint 
such special advisory professional or technical personnel as may be 
necessary to enable the Advisory Committee to carry out its duties.

(d) Compensation and travel expenses

    Members of the Advisory Committee, and advisory or technical 
personnel appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, while 
attending meetings or conferences of the Advisory Committee or otherwise 
serving on business of the Advisory Committee, shall be entitled to 
receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding 
$100 per day including travel time and while serving away from their 
homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 
of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently.

(e) Meetings

    The Advisory Committee shall meet at the request of the Secretary, 
but at least semiannually.

(Pub. L. 85-905, Sec. 5, as added Pub. L. 89-258, Oct. 19, 1965, 79 
Stat. 984; amended Pub. L. 96-88, title III, Sec. 301, title V, 
Sec. 507, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677, 692.)

                       References in Text

    The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), are set forth 
in Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (d), ``section 5703 of title 5'' substituted for 
``section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act'', on authority of Pub. 
L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of 
which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of Education'' substituted for ``Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (a)(1) pursuant to sections 301 and 
507 of Pub. L. 96-88, which are classified to sections 3441 and 3507 of 
Title 20, Education, and which transferred functions and offices 
(relating to education) of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
to Secretary of Education.


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, 
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 the 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.
