20 U.S.C. § 5608 — Administrative provisions
submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 102-259 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 374 words · no verdicts yet
The Foundation may take specified administrative actions to carry out this chapter. The same powers apply to the National Center and to certain Foundation activities.
(a) In general. To carry out this chapter, the Foundation* may—
(1)(A) Hire the personnel it needs without following title 5 rules for appointments in the competitive service. (B) Set those employees’ pay no higher than the top rate for GS–15 employees under title 5, except that the Board* may set the pay of up to four employees, in addition to the Executive Director, under title 5’s section 5383 rules.
(2) Buy, or pay the Center* to buy, temporary or occasional services from needed experts and consultants as authorized by title 5, section 3109. Their pay may not exceed the rate set for level IV of the Executive Schedule at the time of service.
(3) Issue regulations the Foundation considers necessary for carrying out its functions.
(4) Accept, keep, request, manage, and use real or personal donations, grants, and gifts to help or make possible the Foundation’s work.
(5) Accept and use the services of volunteers and unpaid personnel, and reimburse their travel costs, including daily allowances, as authorized by title 5, section 5703.
(6) Make contracts, grants, other arrangements, or changes to them to carry out this chapter. With the agreement of two-thirds of the Trustees, the Foundation may make these contracts or changes without performance or other bonds and without following title 41, section 6101.
(7) Rent office space in the District of Columbia and Tucson, Arizona, or nearby areas.
(8) Make other necessary expenditures.
(b) The Institute. These powers also apply to the National Center* established under section 5607a and to the Foundation’s activities under section 5604(7).
In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Foundation* may—
appoint such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service; and
fix the compensation of the personnel appointed under subparagraph (A) at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate for employees in grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, except that up to 4 employees (in addition to the Executive Director under section 5603(f)(2) of this title) may be paid at a rate determined by the Board* in accordance with section 5383 of title 5.
procure or fund the Center* to procure temporary and intermittent services of experts and consultants as are 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 level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5;
prescribe such regulations as the Foundation considers necessary governing the manner in which its functions shall be carried out;
accept, hold, solicit, administer, and utilize donations, grants, and gifts, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Foundation;
accept and utilize the services of voluntary and noncompensated personnel and reimburse such personnel for travel expenses, including per diem, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5;
enter into contracts, grants, or other arrangements or modifications thereof, to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and such contracts or modifications thereof may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Trustees, be entered into without performance or other bonds, and without regard to section 6101 of title 41;
to 1 rent office space in the District of Columbia and Tucson, Arizona, or their environs; and
make other necessary expenditures.
The authorities set forth above shall apply to the National Center* established pursuant to section 5607a of this title and to the activities of the Foundation under section 5604(7) of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 102–259, § 12, formerly § 10, Mar. 19, 1992, 106 Stat. 83; renumbered § 12, Pub. L. 105–156, § 6(a), Feb. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 9; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(h) [title V, § 517(b)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–480, 2681–512; Pub. L. 106–568, title VIII, § 817(b), Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2918; Pub. L. 111–90, § 10, Nov. 3, 2009, 123 Stat. 2978; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title III, § 308, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3190.)
- 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 102-259 · 106 Stat. 83
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-156 · 112 Stat. 9
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
- 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-568 · 114 Stat. 2918
- 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-90 · 123 Stat. 2978
- 2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-94 · 133 Stat. 3190
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 102-259 on 1992-03-19.
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