§783 Staff of National Council

Summary

The Chairperson can hire and fire an Executive Director without following the usual Title 5 federal hiring, pay, appeal, or classification rules. The Executive Director must have experience running or planning programs for people with disabilities and may hire technical and professional staff to help the Council. The Council may use temporary or intermittent help under section 3109(b) of title 5, but pay for those people cannot exceed the daily equivalent of Senior Executive Service level 4 (section 5382 of title 5). The Council may accept unpaid volunteers despite section 1342 of title 31, take gifts or money in its name, and make contracts or agreements with federal and state agencies, private groups, or individuals for research, surveys, reports, and other needed work. Not more than 10 percent of the Council’s yearly funds may be used for official representation and receptions. The General Services Administrator must provide requested administrative support if the Council reimburses it. The Secretary of the Treasury must invest amounts made available under subsection (a)(2)(B) that are not needed for current withdrawals only in interest-bearing U.S. obligations or those guaranteed by the U.S., and those funds plus interest and sale proceeds are available to the Council to carry out this subchapter.