31 U.S.C. § 1346 : US Code - Section 1346: Commissions, councils, boards, and interagency and similar groups

Search 31 U.S.C. § 1346 : US Code - Section 1346: Commissions, councils, boards, and interagency and similar groups

(a) Except as provided in this section -
(1) public money and appropriations are not available to pay -
(A) the pay or expenses of a commission, council, board, or
similar group, or a member of that group;
(B) expenses related to the work or the results of work or
action of that group; or
(C) for the detail or cost of personal services of an officer
or employee from an executive agency in connection with that
group; and
(2) an accounting or disbursing official, absent a special
appropriation to pay the account or charge, may not allow or pay
an account or charge related to that group.
(b) Appropriations of an executive agency are available for the
expenses of an interagency group conducting activities of interest
common to executive agencies when the group includes a
representative of the agency. The representatives receive no
additional pay because of membership in the group. An officer or
employee of an executive agency not a representative of the group
may not receive additional pay for providing services for the
group.
(c) Subject to section 1347 of this title, this section does not
apply to -
(1) commissions, councils, boards, or similar groups authorized
by law;
(2) courts-martial or courts of inquiry of the armed forces; or
(3) the contingent fund related to foreign relations at the
disposal of the President.