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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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.
(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.
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