41 U.S.C. § 46 : US Code - Section 46: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Search 41 U.S.C. § 46 : US Code - Section 46: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

(a) Establishment
There is established a committee to be known as the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (hereafter
in sections 46 to 48c of this title referred to as the
"Committee"). The Committee shall be composed of fifteen members
appointed as follows:
(1) The President shall appoint as a member one officer or
employee from each of the following: The Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the
Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, the
Department of Education, the Department of Commerce, the Department
of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Justice, the Department of
Labor, and the General Services Administration. The head of each
such department and agency shall nominate one officer or employee
in his department or agency for appointment under this paragraph.
(2)(A) The President shall appoint one member from persons who
are not officers or employees of the Government and who are
conversant with the problems incident to the employment of the
blind.
(B) The President shall appoint one member from persons who are
not officers or employees of the Government and who are conversant
with the problems incident to the employment of other severely
handicapped individuals.
(C) The President shall appoint one member from persons who are
not officers or employees of the Government and who represent blind
individuals employed in qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind.
(D) The President shall appoint one member from persons who are
not officers or employees of the Government and who represent
severely handicapped individuals (other than blind individuals)
employed in qualified nonprofit agencies for other severely
handicapped individuals.
(b) Vacancy
A vacancy in the membership of the Committee shall be filled in
the manner in which the original appointment was made.
(c) Chairman
The members of the Committee shall elect one of their number to
be Chairman.
(d) Terms
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), members
appointed under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this section
shall be appointed for terms of five years. Any member appointed to
the Committee under such paragraph may be reappointed to the
Committee if he meets the qualifications prescribed by that
paragraph.
(2) Of the members first appointed under paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of this section -
(A) one shall be appointed for a term of three years,
(B) one shall be appointed for a term of four years, and
(C) one shall be appointed for a term of five years,
as designated by the President at the time of appointment.
(3) Any member appointed under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of
this section to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of
the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed
only for the remainder of such term. A member appointed under such
paragraph may serve after the expiration of his term until his
successor has taken office.
(4) The member first appointed under paragraph (2)(B) of
subsection (a) of this section shall be appointed for a term of
three years.
(e) Pay and travel expenses
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the Committee
shall each be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the
annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the General
Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which they are
engaged in the actual performance of services for the Committee.
(2) Members of the Committee who are officers or employees of the
Government shall receive no additional pay on account of their
service on the Committee.
(3) While away from their homes or regular places of business in
the performance of services for the Committee, members of the
Committee 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(b) (!1) of title 5.
(f) Staff
(1) Subject to such rules as may be adopted by the Committee, the
Chairman may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel as the
Committee determines are necessary to assist it in carrying out its
duties and powers under sections 46 to 48c of this title.
(2) Upon request of the Committee, the head of any entity of the
Government is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of
the personnel of such entity to the Committee to assist it in
carrying out its duties and powers under section 46 to 48c of this
title.
(3) The staff of the Committee appointed under paragraph (1)
shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5 governing
appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in
accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of such title 5 relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates.
(g) Obtaining official data
The Committee may secure directly from any entity of the
Government information necessary to enable it to carry out sections
46 to 48c of this title. Upon request of the Chairman of the
Committee, the head of such Government entity shall furnish such
information to the Committee.
(h) Administrative support services
The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the
Committee on a reimbursable basis such administrative support
services as the Committee may request.
(i) Annual report
The Committee shall, not later than December 31 of each year,
transmit to the President and to the Congress a report which shall
include the names of the Committee members serving in the preceding
fiscal year, the dates of Committee meetings in that year, a
description of its activities under sections 46 to 48c of this
title in that year, and any recommendations for changes in sections
46 to 48c of this title which it determines are necessary.