§ 5708. — Administrative provisions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC5708]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 67--CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION
Sec. 5708. Administrative provisions
(a) The Foundation may--
(1) appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, except that
in no case shall employees (other than the Executive Secretary) be
compensated at a rate in excess of the rate of basic pay payable for
GS-15 of the General Schedule;
(2) procure temporary and intermittent services of such experts
and consultants as are necessary to the extent authorized by section
3109 of title 5, but at rates not in excess of the rate of basic pay
payable for Executive Level V;
(3) prescribe such regulations as the Foundation may determine
to be necessary governing the manner in which its functions shall be
carried out;
(4) receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, or
devised, without condition or restriction other than it be used for
the purposes of the Foundation; and to use, sell, or otherwise
dispose of such property for the purpose of carrying out its
functions;
(5) accept and utilize the services of voluntary and
uncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses,
including per diem, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5;
(6) enter into contracts, grants, or other arrangements, or
modifications thereof, to carry out the provisions of this chapter,
and such contracts or modifications thereof may, with the
concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the Board, be entered
into without performance or other bonds, and without regard to
section 5 of title 41;
(7) make advances, progress, and other payments which the Board
deems necessary under this chapter without regard to the provisions
of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31;
(8) rent office space;
(9) conduct programs in addition to or in conjunction with the
Fellowship program which shall further the Foundation's purpose of
encouraging new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the
benefit of mankind; and
(10) to make other necessary expenditures.
(b) Annual Report.--The Foundation shall submit to the President and
to the Congress an annual report of its operations under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 102-281, title IV, Sec. 429, May 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 144.)
References in Text
The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is set out
under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Executive Level V, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), probably means
level V of the Executive Schedule, which is set out in section 5316 of
Title 5.
Codification
In subsec. (a)(7), ``section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31''
substituted for reference to section 529 of title 31, United States
Code, on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
Finance.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(b) of this section relating to submitting an annual report to Congress,
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 156 of House
Document No. 103-7.
