§2412 Board of Directors

Summary

Creates a Board of Directors for the Center with up to 27 members. The Board must include a Chairman chosen by the President with Senate approval; the Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; the Center’s Executive Director; at least five private industry members; at least five labor organization members; at least two state or local government members; at least one member from the general public; at least one member from higher education; and any other members the President thinks appropriate (all presidential appointees need Senate approval). If the Treasury, Commerce, Labor, or FMCS member cannot attend a meeting, that person must send an alternate from their agency. The private-sector and other specified appointees serve four-year terms that end with the President’s term. Agency heads (except the Chairman) serve while they lead their agency. No one in a Senate-confirmed post (including the Chairman) may serve as an acting or temporary member for more than three months. If someone fills a vacancy, they serve only the rest of that term. The President appoints the Chairman for a four-year term; the President may appoint a current federal officer or the Vice President as Chairman without new Senate confirmation in certain cases. Some appointed private and public members may be paid at the GS–18 daily rate under section 5332 of title 5 for days they work and may get travel and subsistence reimbursement. Other members (except the Chairman) and the Executive Director get no extra pay but are reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses. The Chairman is paid like the GS–18 members unless the Chairman holds another federal job, in which case the Chairman is paid only as that job allows. The Chairman must pick an Executive Committee of no more than seven members (including the Executive Director). That committee meets when the Chairman calls it, but at least once every 90 days.