Collapse to view only § 781. Duties of National Council
- § 780. Establishment of National Council on Disability
- § 780a. Independent status of National Council on the Handicapped
- § 781. Duties of National Council
- § 782. Compensation of National Council members
- § 783. Staff of National Council
- § 784. Administrative powers of National Council
- § 785. Authorization of appropriations
The President shall designate the Chairperson from among the members appointed to the National Council. The National Council shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, but not less often than four times each year.
Five members of the National Council shall constitute a quorum and any vacancy in the National Council shall not affect its power to function.
Effective on February 22, 1984, the National Council on the Handicapped shall be an independent agency within the Federal Government and shall not be an agency within the Department of Education or any other department or agency of the United States.
There are transferred to the Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped all functions relating to the Council which were vested in the Secretary of Education on the day before February 22, 1984. The Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped shall continue to exercise all the functions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.] or any other law or authority which the Chairman was performing before February 22, 1984.
References in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, or other official document or proceeding to the Department of Education or the Secretary of Education with respect to functions or activities relating to the National Council on the Handicapped shall be deemed to refer to the National Council on the Handicapped or the Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped, respectively.
Members of the National Council shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate equal to the rate of pay for level 4 of the Senior Executive Service Schedule under section 5382 of title 5, including travel time, for each day they are engaged in the performance of their duties as members of the National Council.
Members of the National Council who are full-time officers or employees of the United States shall receive no additional pay on account of their service on the National Council except for compensation for travel expenses as provided under subsection (c) of this section.
While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the National Council, members of the National Council 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 of title 5.
The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the National Council on a reimbursable basis such administrative support services as the Council may request.
The National Council may prescribe such bylaws and rules as may be necessary to carry out its duties under this subchapter.
The National Council may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as it deems advisable.
The National Council may appoint advisory committees to assist the National Council in carrying out its duties. The members thereof shall serve without compensation.
The National Council may use the United States mails in the same manner and upon the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States.
The National Council may use, with the consent of the agencies represented on the Interagency Disability Coordinating Council, and as authorized in subchapter V, such services, personnel, information, and facilities as may be needed to carry out its duties under this subchapter, with or without reimbursement to such agencies.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter $3,186,000 for fiscal year 2015, $3,432,000 for fiscal year 2016, $3,503,000 for fiscal year 2017, $3,581,000 for fiscal year 2018, $3,665,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $3,743,000 for fiscal year 2020.