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[CITE: 50USC405]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--MISCELLANEOUS AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 405. Advisory committees; appointment; compensation of 
        part-time personnel; applicability of other laws
        
    (a) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the 
Director of Central Intelligence, and the National Security Council, 
acting through its Executive Secretary, are authorized to appoint such 
advisory committees and to employ, consistent with other provisions of 
this Act, such part-time advisory personnel as they may deem necessary 
in carrying out their respective functions and the functions of agencies 
under their control. Persons holding other offices or positions under 
the United States for which they receive compensation, while serving as 
members of such committees, shall receive no additional compensation for 
such service. Retired members of the uniformed services employed by the 
Director of Central Intelligence who hold no other office or position 
under the United States for which they receive compensation, other 
members of such committees and other part-time advisory personnel so 
employed may serve without compensation or may receive compensation at a 
daily rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate of pay in 
effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule established by section 
5332 of title 5, as determined by the appointing authority.
    (b) Service of an individual as a member of any such advisory 
committee, or in any other part-time capacity for a department or agency 
hereunder, shall not be considered as service bringing such individual 
within the provisions of section 203, 205, or 207 of title 18, unless 
the act of such individual, which by such section is made unlawful when 
performed by an individual referred to in such section, is with respect 
to any particular matter which directly involves a department or agency 
which such person is advising or in which such department or agency is 
directly interested.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, Sec. 303, 61 Stat. 507; Aug. 10, 
1949, ch. 412, Sec. 10(c), 63 Stat. 585; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, 
Sec. 8, 68 Stat. 1228; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 53(b), 68A Stat. 
676, 684; 1958 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 1958, 23 F.R. 
4991, 72 Stat. 1799; Pub. L. 90-608, ch. IV, Sec. 402, Oct. 21, 1968, 82 
Stat. 1194; Ex. Ord. No. 11725, Sec. 3, eff. June 29, 1973, 38 F.R. 
17175; Ex. Ord. No. 12148, Secs. 1-103, 4-102, July 20, 1979, 44 F.R. 
43239; Pub. L. 97-89, title V, Sec. 504, Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1153; 
Pub. L. 100-453, title V, Sec. 503, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1910.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), means act July 26, 1947, ch. 
343, 61 Stat. 495, as amended, known as the National Security Act of 
1947. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 401 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-453 substituted ``Retired members of 
the uniformed services employed by the Director of Central Intelligence 
who hold no other office or position under the United States for which 
they receive compensation, other'' for ``Other'' in last sentence.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-89, Sec. 504(a), substituted ``at a 
daily rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate of pay in 
effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule established by section 
5332 of title 5'' for ``at a rate not to exceed $50 for each day of 
service''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-89, Sec. 504(b), substituted ``section 203, 
205, or 207 of title 18'' for ``section 281, 283, or 284 of title 18''.
    1956--Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1956, struck out ``Secretary of 
Defense, the'' after ``The''.
    1954--Act Sept. 3, 1954, amended section generally, substituting the 
``Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization'' for ``Chairman of the 
National Security Resources Board'' in subsec. (a), and substituting 
``sections 281, 283, or 284 of title 18'' for ``sections 198 or 203 of 
title 18 or section 119(e) of title 41''.
    1949--Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1949, inserted reference to National 
Security Council, and increased per diem payable to consultants from $35 
to $50.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-89 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 806 
of Pub. L. 97-89, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1621 
of Title 10, Armed Forces.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency'' substituted 
in subsec. (a) for ``Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization''. 
See note set out under section 404 of this title.
    National Security Council transferred to Executive Office of 
President by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1949, eff. Aug. 19, 1949, 14 F.R. 
5227, 63 Stat. 1067. See note set out under section 402 of this title.


                   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.


         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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 403f of this title.
