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§ 1505. —  Membership.

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[CITE: 20USC1505]

 
                           TITLE 20--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER 34--NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
 
Sec. 1505. Membership


(a) Appointment; terms of office; Chairman; vacancies

    The Commission shall be composed of the Librarian of Congress, the 
Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (who shall 
serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member), and fourteen members 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. Five members of the Commission shall be professional librarians 
or information specialists, and the remainder shall be persons having 
special competence in or knowledge of the needs of our society for 
library and information services, at least one of whom shall be 
knowledgeable with respect to the technological aspects of library and 
information services and sciences, and at least one other of whom shall 
be knowledgeable with respect to the library and information service and 
science needs of the elderly and at least one other of whom shall be 
knowledgeable with respect to the library and information service and 
science needs of the elderly.\1\ One of the appointive members of the 
Commission shall be designated by the President as Chairman of the 
Commission. A majority of members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum for conduct of business at official meetings of the Commission. 
The terms of office of the appointive members of the Commission shall be 
five years, except that (1) the term of office of any member of the 
Commission shall continue until the earlier of (A) the date on which the 
member's successor has been appointed by the President; or (B) July 19 
of the year succeeding the year in which the member's appointed term of 
office shall expire, and (2) a member appointed to fill a vacancy 
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term.
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(b) Compensation; travel expenses

    Members of the Commission who are not in the regular full-time 
employ of the United States shall, while attending meetings or 
conferences of the Commission or otherwise engaged in the business of 
the Commission, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by 
the Chairman, but not exceeding the daily equivalent of the maximum rate 
authorized for a position above grade GS-15 of the General Schedule 
under section 5108 of title 5, for each day (including traveltime) 
during which the members are engaged in the business of the Commission. 
While so serving on the business of the Commission away from their homes 
or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 
of title 5 for persons employed intermittently in the Government 
service.

(c) Professional and technical personnel

    (1) The Commission is authorized to appoint, without regard to the 
provisions of title 5 covering appointments in the competitive service, 
such professional and technical personnel as may be necessary to enable 
it to carry out its function under this chapter.
    (2) The Commission may procure, without regard to the civil service 
or classification laws, temporary and intermittent services of such 
personnel as is necessary to the extent authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, but at rates not to exceed the rate specified at the time of 
such service for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, including 
traveltime, and while so serving on the business of the Commission away 
from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons employed 
intermittently in the Government service.

(Pub. L. 91-345, Sec. 6, July 20, 1970, 84 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 93-29, 
title VIII, Sec. 802(b), May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 59; Pub. L. 102-95, 
Sec. 5, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, 
Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 703(b)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-
233, 3009-307.)

                       References in Text

    The provisions of title 5 covering appointments in the competitive 
service, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), are classified to sections 3301 
et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), are set forth 
in Title 5. See, particularly, section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
    The classification laws, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), are set 
forth in chapter 51 (Sec. 5101 et seq.) and subchapter III (Sec. 5331 et 
seq.) of chapter 53 of Title 5.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, 
Sec. 703(b)(1)(A), (B)(ii), (C)], in first sentence, substituted 
``Librarian of Congress, the Director of the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services (who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member),'' 
for ``Librarian of Congress'', in second sentence, inserted ``and at 
least one other of whom shall be knowledgeable with respect to the 
library and information service and science needs of the elderly'' 
before period at end, and in third sentence, inserted ``appointive'' 
before ``members of the Commission''.
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 703(b)(1)(B)(i)], 
substituted ``special competence in or knowledge of'' for ``special 
competence or interest in''. The substitution was made to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress, in the absence of closing quotations 
designating the provisions to be inserted.
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 703(b)(1)(D)], which 
directed that ``term.'' be substituted for ``term and at least'' and all 
that follows in last sentence of subsec. (a), could not be executed 
because the phrase ``term and at least'' did not appear in subsec. (a).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, 
Sec. 703(b)(2)], substituted ``the daily equivalent of the maximum rate 
authorized for a position above grade GS-15 of the General Schedule 
under section 5108 of title 5, for each day (including traveltime) 
during which the members are eng

	 
	 




























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