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[CITE: 42USC4025]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 50--NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
 
Sec. 4025. Flood insurance advisory committee


(a) Appointment; duties

    The Director shall appoint a flood insurance advisory committee 
without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in 
the competitive service, and such committee shall advise the Director in 
the preparation of any regulations prescribed in accordance with this 
chapter and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration 
of this chapter, and shall perform such other responsibilities as the 
Director may, from time to time, assign to such committee.

(b) Membership

    Such committee shall consist of not more than fifteen persons and 
such persons shall be selected from among representatives of--
        (1) the insurance industry,
        (2) State and local governments,
        (3) lending institutions,
        (4) the homebuilding industry, and
        (5) the general public.

(c) Compensation and travel expenses

    Members of the committee shall, while attending conferences or 
meetings thereof, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by 
the Director but not exceeding $100 per day, including traveltime, and 
while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business 
they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, as is authorized under section 5703 of title 5 for persons 
in the Government service employed intermittently.

(Pub. L. 90-448, title XIII, Sec. 1318, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 581; Pub. 
L. 98-181, title IV, Sec. 451(d)(1), Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1229.)

                       References in Text

    The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
service, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified to section 3301 et 
seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1983--Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 98-181 substituted ``Director'' for 
``Secretary'' wherever appearing.


                   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. 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 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 4013, 4015 of this title.
