42 USC 1108 - Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation

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§ 1108.

Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation

(a)

Establishment

(b)

Function

(c)

Members

(1)

In general

Each Council shall consist of 11 members as follows:

(A)

5 members appointed by the President, to include representatives of business, labor, State government, and the public.

(B)

3 members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, in consultation with the Chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.

(C)

3 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.

(2)

Qualifications

In appointing members under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint—

(A)

1 representative of the interests of business,

(B)

1 representative of the interests of labor, and

(C)

1 representative of the interests of State governments.

(3)

Vacancies

(4)

Chairman

(d)

Staff and other assistance

(1)

In general

(2)

Assistance from Secretary of Labor

(e)

Compensation

Each member of any Council—

(1)

shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5 for each day (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Council, and

(2)

while engaged in the performance of such duties away from such member’s home or regular place of business, shall be allowed travel expenses (including per diem in lieu of subsistence) as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government employed intermittently.

(f)

Report

(1)

In general

(2)

Report of first Council

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IX, § 908, as added Pub. L. 91–373, title I, § 141, Aug. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(d)(4), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1167; Pub. L. 102–164, title III, § 303, Nov. 15, 1991, 105 Stat. 1059; Pub. L. 103–152, § 6, Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1518.)

cite as: 42 USC 1108