§ 783. — Staff of National 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: 29USC783]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 16--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND OTHER REHABILITATION SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
Sec. 783. Staff of National Council
(a) Executive Director; technical and professional employees
(1) The Chairperson of the National Council may appoint and remove,
without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments, the
provisions of chapter 75 of such title (relating to adverse actions),
the provisions of chapter 77 of such title (relating to appeals), or the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title
(relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates), an
Executive Director to assist the National Council to carry out its
duties. The Executive Director shall be appointed from among individuals
who are experienced in the planning or operation of programs for
individuals with disabilities.
(2) The Executive Director is authorized to hire technical and
professional employees to assist the National Council to carry out its
duties.
(b) Temporary or intermittent services; voluntary and uncompensated
services; gifts, etc.; contracts and agreements; official
representation and reception
(1) The National Council may procure temporary and intermittent
services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title
5 (but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of
the rate of pay for level 4 of the Senior Executive Service Schedule
under section 5382 of title 5).
(2) The National Council may--
(A) accept voluntary and uncompensated services, notwithstanding
the provisions of section 1342 of title 31;
(B) in the name of the Council, solicit, accept, employ, and
dispose of, in furtherance of this chapter, any money or property,
real or personal, or mixed, tangible or nontangible, received by
gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise; and
(C) enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with Federal
and State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals for
the conduct of research and surveys, preparation of reports and
other activities necessary to the discharge of the Council's duties
and responsibilities.
(3) Not more than 10 per centum of the total amounts available to
the National Council in each fiscal year may be used for official
representation and reception.
(c) Administrative support services
The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the National
Council on a reimbursable basis such administrative support services as
the Council may request.
(d) Investment of amounts not required for current withdrawals
(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest
such portion of the amounts made available under subsection (a)(2)(B)
\1\ of this section as is not, in the Secretary's judgment, required to
meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-
bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as
to both principal and interest by the United States.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be subsection ``(b)(2)(B)''.
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(2) The amounts described in paragraph (1), and the interest on, and
the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, the obligations described
in paragraph (1) shall be available to the National Council to carry out
this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, Sec. 403, as added Pub. L. 105-220, title IV,
Sec. 407, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1200.)
References in Text
The provisions of title 5 governing appointments, referred to in
subsec. (a)(1), are classified generally to section 3301 et seq. of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 783, Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, Sec. 403, as added
Pub. L. 95-602, title I, Sec. 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2978; amended
Pub. L. 98-221, title I, Sec. 143, Feb. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 28; Pub. L.
99-506, title I, Sec. 103(d)(2)(C), title V, Sec. 503, Oct. 21, 1986,
100 Stat. 1810, 1829; Pub. L. 100-630, title II, Sec. 205(e), Nov. 7,
1988, 102 Stat. 3310; Pub. L. 102-569, title I, Sec. 102(p)(28), title
IV, Sec. 404, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4360, 4423; Pub. L. 103-73, title
I, Sec. 111, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 727, related to National Council
staff, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105-
220.
Another prior section 783, Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, Sec. 403, Sept.
26, 1973, 87 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 93-516, title I, Sec. 108, Dec. 7, 1974,
88 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 93-651, title I, Sec. 108, Nov. 21, 1974, 89
Stat. 2-4; Pub. L. 94-230, Secs. 8, 11(b)(11), Mar. 15, 1976, 90 Stat.
212, 213, authorized appropriations to conduct program and project
evaluations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95-602, Sec. 117.
