§ 4356. — Advisory Committee.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4356]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 53B--FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL SERIES
Sec. 4356. Advisory Committee
(a) Establishment
(1) There is established on a permanent basis the Advisory Committee
on Historical Diplomatic Documentation for the Department of State. The
activities of the Advisory Committee shall be coordinated by the Office
of the Historian of the Department of State.
(2) The Advisory Committee shall be composed of 9 members and an
executive secretary. The Historian shall serve as executive secretary.
(3)(A) The members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by
the Secretary of State from among distinguished historians, political
scientists, archivists, international lawyers, and other social
scientists who have a demonstrable record of substantial research
pertaining to the foreign relations of the United States. No officer or
employee of the United States Government shall be appointed to the
Advisory Committee.
(B)(i) Six members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed from
lists of individuals nominated by the American Historical Association,
the Organization of American Historians, the American Political Science
Association, Society of American Archivists, the American Society of
International Law, and the Society for Historians of American Foreign
Relations. One member shall be appointed from each list.
(ii) If an organization does not submit a list of nominees under
clause (i) in a timely fashion, the Secretary of State shall make an
appointment from among the nominees on other lists.
(b) Terms of service for appointments
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the Advisory
Committee shall be appointed for terms of three years.
(2) Of the members first appointed, as designated by the Secretary
of State at the time of their appointment (after consultation with the
appropriate organizations) three shall be appointed for terms of one
year, three shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three shall
be appointed for terms of three years.
(3) Each term of service under paragraph (1) shall begin on
September 1 of the year in which the appointment is made.
(4) A vacancy in the membership of the Advisory Committee shall be
filled in the same manner as provided under this subsection to make the
original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
before the expiration of a term shall serve for the remainder of that
term. A member may continue to serve when his or her term expires until
a successor is appointed. A member may be appointed to a new term upon
the expiration of his or her term.
(c) Selection of chairperson
The Advisory Committee shall select, from among its members, a
chairperson to serve a term of 1 year. A chairperson may be reelected
upon expiration of his or her term as chairperson.
(d) Meetings
A majority of the members of the Advisory Committee shall constitute
a quorum. The Advisory Committee shall meet at least quarterly or as
frequently as may be necessary to carry out its duties.
(e) Security clearances
(1) All members of the Advisory Committee shall be granted the
necessary security clearances, subject to the standard procedures for
granting such clearances.
(2) For purposes of any law or regulation governing access to
classified records, a member of the Advisory Committee seeking access
under this paragraph to a record shall be deemed to have a need to know.
(f) Compensation
(1) Members of the Advisory Committee--
(A) shall each receive compensation at a rate of not to exceed
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for
positions at GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of
title 5 for each day such member is engaged in the actual
performance of the duties of the Advisory Committee; and
(B) shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu
of subsistence at rates authorized for employees of agencies under
subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their homes
or regular places of business in the performance of services of the
Advisory Committee.
(2) The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for necessary
secretarial and staff assistance for the Advisory Committee.
(3) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the
Advisory Committee to the extent that the provisions of this chapter are
inconsistent with that Act.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title IV, Sec. 406, as added Pub. L. 102-138,
title I, Sec. 198(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 688.)
References in Text
The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(3),
is Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Termination of Previous Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic
Documentation
Section 198(b) of Pub. L. 102-138 provided that: ``The Advisory
Committee on Historical Documentation for the Department of State
established before the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1991]
shall terminate on such date.''
