20 U.S.C. § 1505 : US Code - Section 1505: Membership

Search 20 U.S.C. § 1505 : US Code - Section 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. 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 who have taken
office and are serving on the Commission shall constitute a quorum
for conduct of business at official meetings of the Commission (!1)
The terms of office of the appointive members of the Commission
shall be five years, except that -
(1) a member of the Commission appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the
member's predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed only for
the remainder of such term; and
(2) any member of the Commission may continue to serve after an
expiration of the member's term of office until such member's
successor is appointed, has taken office, and is serving on the
Commission.
(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.