§ 2511. — Peace Corps National Advisory Council.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2511]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 34--THE PEACE CORPS
Sec. 2511. Peace Corps National Advisory Council
(a) Establishment
A Peace Corps National Advisory Council (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the ``Council'') shall be established in accordance with
the provisions of this section.
(b) Functions
(1) The Council shall advise and consult with the President and the
Director of the Peace Corps with regard to policies and programs
designed to further the purposes of this chapter and shall, as the
Council considers appropriate, periodically report to the Congress with
regard to the Peace Corps.
(2) Members of the Council shall (subject to subsection (d)(1) of
this section) conduct on-site inspections, and make examinations, of the
activities of the Peace Corps in the United States and in other
countries in order to--
(A) evaluate the accomplishments of the Peace Corps;
(B) assess the potential capabilities and the future role of the
Peace Corps;
(C) make recommendations to the President, the Director of the
Peace Corps, and, as the Council considers appropriate, the
Congress, for the purpose of guiding the future direction of the
Peace Corps and of helping to ensure that the purposes and programs
of the Peace Corps are carried out in ways that are economical,
efficient, responsive to changing needs in developing countries and
to changing relationships among people, and in accordance with law;
and
(D) make such other evaluations, assessments, and
recommendations as the Council considers appropriate.
(3) The Council may provide for public participation in its
activities.
(c) Membership
(1) Persons appointed as members of the Council shall be broadly
representative of the general public, including educational
institutions, private volunteer agencies, private industry, farm
organizations, labor unions, different regions of the United States,
different educational, economic, racial, and national backgrounds and
age groupings, and both sexes.
(2)(A) The Council shall consist of fifteen voting members who shall
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. At least seven of such members shall be former Peace Corps
volunteers, and not more than eight of such members shall be members of
the same political party.
(B) The first appointments of members of the Council under this
paragraph shall be made not more than sixty days after August 8, 1985,
and, solely for purposes of determining the expiration of their terms,
shall be deemed to take effect on the sixtieth day after August 8, 1985.
(C) No member appointed under this paragraph may be an officer or
employee of the United States Government.
(D) Of the members initially appointed under this paragraph, eight
shall be appointed to 1-year terms and seven shall be appointed to 2-
year terms. Thereafter, all appointed members shall be appointed to 2-
year terms.
(E) A member of the Council appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was
appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term.
(F) No member of the Council may serve for more than two consecutive
2-year terms.
(G) Members of the Council shall serve at the pleasure of the
President.
(H) An appointed member of the Council may be removed by a vote of
nine members for malfeasance in office, for persistent neglect of or
inability to discharge duties, or for offenses involving moral
turpitude, and for no other cause.
(I) Within thirty days after any vacancy occurs in the office of an
appointed member of the Council, the President shall nominate an
individual to fill the vacancy.
(3) In addition to the voting members of the Council, the Secretary
of State and the Administrator of the Agency for International
Development, or their designees, and the Director and Deputy Director of
the Peace Corps, shall be non-voting members, ex officio, of the
Council.
(d) Compensation
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member of the Council who
is not an officer or employee of the United States Government--
(A) shall be paid compensation out of funds made available for
the purposes of this chapter at the daily equivalent of the highest
rate payable under section 5332 of title 5 for each day (including
travel time) during which the member is engaged in the actual
performance of duties as a Council member, and
(B) while away from his or her home or regular place of business
on necessary travel, as determined by the Director of the Peace
Corps, in the actual performance of duties as a Council member,
shall be paid per diem, travel, and transportation expenses in the
same manner as is provided under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title
5.
(2) A member of the Council may not be paid compensation under
paragraph (1)(A) for more than twenty days in any calendar year.
(e) Quorum
A majority of the voting members of the Council shall constitute a
quorum for the purposes of transacting any business.
(f) Financial interests of members
A member of the Council shall disclose to the Council the existence
of any direct or indirect financial interest of that member in any
particular matter before the Council and may not vote or otherwise
participate as a Council member with respect to that particular matter.
(g) Chair and Vice Chair
At its first meeting and at its first regular meeting in each
calendar year thereafter, the Council shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair
from among its appointed members who are citizens of the United States.
The Chair and Vice Chair may not both be members of the same political
party.
(h) Meetings, bylaws, and regulations
(1) The Council shall hold a regular meeting during each calendar
quarter and shall meet at the call of the President, the Director of the
Peace Corps, the Council's Chair, or one-fourth of its members.
(2) The Council shall prescribe such bylaws and regulations as it
considers necessary to carry out its functions. Such bylaws and
regulations shall include procedures for fixing the time and place of
meetings, giving or waiving of notice of meetings, and keeping of
minutes of meetings.
(i) Reports to the President and the Director
Not later than January 1, 1988, and not later than January 1 of each
second year thereafter, the Council shall submit to the President and
the Director of the Peace Corps a report on its views on the programs
and activities of the Peace Corps. Each report shall contain a summary
of the advice and recommendations provided by the Council to the
President and the Director during the period covered by the report and
such recommendations (including recommendations for administrative or
legislative action) as the Council considers appropriate to make to the
Congress. Within ninety days after receiving each such report, the
President shall submit to the Congress a copy of the report, together
with any comments concerning the report that the President or the
Director considers appropriate.
(j) Administrative assistance
The Director of the Peace Corps shall make available to the Council
such personnel, administrative support services, and technical
assistance as are necessary to carry out its functions effectively.
(Pub. L. 87-293, title I, Sec. 12, as added Pub. L. 99-83, title XI,
Sec. 1104(a), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 273.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (b)(1) and (d)(1)(A), was in
the original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 87-293, Sept. 22, 1961, 75
Stat. 612, as amended, known as the Peace Corps Act. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 2501 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2511, Pub. L. 87-293, title I, Sec. 12, Sept. 22,
1961, 75 Stat. 619, established Peace Corps National Advisory Council
and set forth its composition, functions, and terms of members, prior to
repeal by Pub. L. 92-352, title IV, Sec. 403, July 13, 1972, 86 Stat.
495, effective 90 days after July 13, 1972.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 99-83,
set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under section 2151-1
of this title.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(i) of this section relating to requirement that the President submit to
Congress a copy of each report received under subsec. (i), see section
3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113
of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 14 of House Document No. 103-7.
Termination of Advisory Councils
Advisory councils 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 council established by the
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year
period, or in the case of a council established by the Congress, its
duration is otherwise provided for by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Termination of Similar Advisory Body
Section 1104(b) of Pub. L. 99-83 provided that: ``Any advisory body
carrying out functions similar to those assigned to the Peace Corps
National Advisory Council provided for in subsection (a) [enacting this
section] shall cease to exist sixty days after the date of the enactment
of this Act [Aug. 8, 1985].''
