42 U.S.C. § 4025 : US Code - Section 4025: Flood insurance advisory committee

Search 42 U.S.C. § 4025 : US Code - Section 4025: Flood insurance advisory committee

(a) Appointment; duties
The Director shall appoint a flood insurance advisory committee
without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments
in the competitive service, and such committee shall advise the
Director in the preparation of any regulations prescribed in
accordance with this chapter and with respect to policy matters
arising in the administration of this chapter, and shall perform
such other responsibilities as the Director may, from time to time,
assign to such committee.
(b) Membership
Such committee shall consist of not more than fifteen persons and
such persons shall be selected from among representatives of -
(1) the insurance industry,
(2) State and local governments,
(3) lending institutions,
(4) the homebuilding industry, and
(5) the general public.
(c) Compensation and travel expenses
Members of the committee shall, while attending conferences or
meetings thereof, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate
fixed by the Director but not exceeding $100 per day, including
traveltime, and while so serving away from their homes or regular
places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including
per diem in lieu of subsistence, as is authorized under section
5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed
intermittently.