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§12374 Conference Committees

Title 42 › Chapter 127— COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES › Subchapter II— WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES › § 12374

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up an advisory committee for the Conference with members from the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families and from public agencies and nonprofit groups as needed. The Secretary can also create other committees, including technical ones, to help plan, run, and review the Conference. Each committee must include professionals, public members, and people from low-income families and minority groups. Nonfederal members who attend meetings or serve at the Secretary’s request can be paid at a rate the Secretary sets, not higher than the daily GS‑18 rate under section 5332 of title 5, and can receive travel expenses and per diem under section 5703 of title 5.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12374

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(a)The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to the Conference which shall include representatives from the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families, public agencies and nonprofit private organizations as appropriate.
(b)The Secretary may establish such other committees, including technical committees, as may be necessary to assist in the planning, conducting, and reviewing of the Conference.
(c)Each committee established under this section shall be composed of professionals and public members, and shall include individuals from low-income families and from minority groups.
(d)Members of any committee established under this section (other than any officers or employees of the Federal Government), while attending conferences or meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not to exceed the daily rate payable for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 (including travel time). While away from their homes or regular places of business, such members may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized under section 5703 of such title for persons employed intermittently in Federal Government service.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment note under section 8621 of this title. Termination of Advisory CommitteesAdvisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. 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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12374

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60