§2412 Board of Directors

Summary

The Center must have a Board of Directors with no more than twenty-seven people. The President picks a Chairman who usually needs Senate approval. The Board also includes the Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; and the Executive Director of the Center. The President, with Senate approval, must add at least five private-sector members from manufacturing or services, at least five members from labor organizations, at least two from State or local governments, at least one from the general public, and at least one from higher education. The President may also add other qualified public or private members, again with Senate approval. The private, labor, state/local, public, and higher-education appointees serve four-year terms that end with the President’s term. Other board members (except the Chairman) serve while they remain the head of the agency or department they represent. Acting or temporary appointees to posts that need Senate confirmation may serve no more than three months. If someone replaces a member partway through a term, they serve only the rest of that term. The President names the Chairman for four years and can pick a current U.S. officer; if that officer was already Senate-confirmed for their job or is the Vice President, they do not need a new Senate confirmation to be Chairman. Some appointed members may be paid the daily GS–18 rate under section 5332 of title 5 for days they work, and they get travel and other needed expenses. Other members (except the Chairman) and the Executive Director do not get extra pay but are reimbursed for travel and expenses. The Chairman is paid like the GS–18 members unless the Chairman holds another federal job, in which case they get no extra pay but do get expense reimbursement. The Chairman must choose an Executive Committee of up to seven members, including the Executive Director. That committee meets when the Chairman calls it, and at least once every 90 days.