§ 857-16. — Compensation and travel expenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC857-16]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 17--NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 857-16. Compensation and travel expenses
Members of the Committee shall each be entitled to receive
compensation not to exceed the daily rate for a GS-18 for each day
(including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual
performance of the duties of the Committee. In addition, while away from
their homes or regular places of business in the performance of the
duties of the Committee, each member of the Committee shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same
manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are
allowed expenses under section 5703(b) \1\ of title 5.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 95-63, Sec. 5, July 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 266; Pub. L. 97-87,
Sec. 1(2), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1134.)
References in Text
Section 5703 of title 5, referred to in text, was amended generally
by Pub. L. 94-22, Sec. 4, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 85, and, as so amended,
does not contain a subsec. (b).
Prior Provisions
A provision similar to that contained in this section, which
authorized compensation and travel expenses for members of the National
Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere as originally established on
Aug. 16, 1971, was contained in section 857-10 of this title prior to
repeal by section 7(a) of Pub. L. 95-63.
Amendments
1981--Pub. L. 97-87 substituted ``not to exceed the daily rate for a
GS-18'' for ``of $100 per day''.
Termination of Advisory Committees
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 for 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 sections 857-13, 857-17, 857-18 of
this title.
