§2012 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows the Foundation to run its work by hiring staff and setting pay, but no employee except the Executive Secretary may be paid more than the GS‑15 rate in section 5332 of title 5. It may hire temporary experts and consultants at pay no higher than the GS‑18 rate in section 5332. The Foundation can make its own rules for carrying out duties, take donations and use or sell them for its purposes, use unpaid volunteers and repay their travel and per diem under section 5703 of title 5, enter into contracts or grants (and, with two‑thirds of the Board, do so without bonds or following section 6101 of title 41), make certain advance or progress payments without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31, rent office space in Washington, D.C., and spend money it needs to operate. The Foundation must send a yearly report on its activities to the President and to Congress.

Title 20, §2012

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(a)In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Foundation is authorized to—

(1)appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, except that in no case shall employees other than the Executive Secretary be compensated at a rate to exceed the rate provided for employees in grade 15 of the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5;

(2)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 grade GS–18 in section 5332 of such title;

(3)prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary governing the manner in which its functions shall be carried out;

(4)receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, or devised, without condition or restriction other than it be used for the purposes of the Foundation; and to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such property for the purpose of carrying out its functions;

(5)accept and utilize the services of voluntary and noncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses, including per diem, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5;

(6)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, be entered into without performance or other bonds, and without regard to section 6101 of title 41;

(7)make advances, progress, and other payments which the Board deems necessary under this chapter without regard to the provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31;

(8)rent office space in the District of Columbia; and

(9)make other necessary expenditures.

(b)The Foundation shall submit to the President and to the Congress an annual report of its operations under this chapter.

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Editorial Notes

Codification In subsec. (a)(6), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts. In subsec. (a)(7), “section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31” substituted for “section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (b) of this section relating to submitting annual report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 193 of House Document No. 103–7. References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay RatesReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.

§2012 Administrative Provisions

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Title 20, §2012

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