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INDICE
16 U.S.C. 470m(a) — Executive Director
(a) There shall be an Executive Director of the Council who shall be appointed in the competitive service
by the Chairman with the concurrence of the Council. The Executive Director shall report directly to the
Council and perform such functions and duties as the Council may prescribe.
16 U.S.C. 470m(b) — General Counsel and other attorneys
(b) The Council shall have a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the Executive Director. The Gen-
eral Counsel shall report directly to the Executive Director and serve as the Council’s legal advisor. The
Executive Director shall appoint such other attorneys as may be necessary to assist the General Counsel,
represent the Council in courts of law whenever appropriate, including enforcement of agreements with
Federal agencies to which the Council is a party, assist the Department of Justice in handling litigation
concerning the Council in courts of law, and perform such other legal duties and functions as the Execu-
tive Director and the Council may direct.
16 U.S.C. 470m(c) — Appointment and compensation of staff
(c) The Executive Director of the Council may appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and
employees in the competitive service as are necessary to perform the functions of the Council at rates
not to exceed that now or hereafter prescribed for the highest rate for grade 15 of the General Schedule
under section 5332 of title 5 [United States Code]: Provided, however, That the Executive Director, with
the concurrence of the Chairman, may appoint and fix the compensation of not to exceed five employ-
ees in the competitive service at rates not to exceed that now or hereafter prescribed for the highest
rate of grade 17 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of Title 5 [United States Code].
[16 U.S.C. 470m(d) — Appointment and compensation of additional personnel]
(d) The Executive Director shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such additional
personnel as may be necessary to carry out its duties, without regard to the provisions of the civil
service laws and the Classification Act of 1949 [chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5,
U.S. Code].
16 U.S.C. 470m(e) — Expert and consultant services
(e) The Executive Director of the Council is authorized to procure expert and consultant services in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5 [United States Code].
16 U.S.C. 470m(f) — Financial and administrative services
(f) Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accounting, finan-
cial reporting, personnel and procurement) shall be provided the Council by the Department of
the Interior, for which payments shall be made in advance, or by reimbursement, from funds of the
Council in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman of the Council and the Secretary
of the Interior: Provided, That the regulations of the Department of the Interior for the collection of
indebtedness of personnel resulting from erroneous payments (5 U.S.C. 5514(b)) shall apply to the
collection of erroneous payments made to or on behalf of a Council employee, and regulations of
said Secretary for the administrative control of funds (31 U.S.C. 1513(d), 1514) shall apply to appro-
priations of the Council: And provided further, That the Council shall not be required to prescribe
such regulations.
16 U.S.C. 470m(g) — Use of funds, personnel, facilities, and services
(g) Any Federal agency may provide the Council, with or without reimbursement as may be agreed
upon by the Chairman and the agency, with such funds, personnel, facilities, and services under
their jurisdiction and control as may be needed by the Council to carry out its duties, to the extent
that such funds, personnel, facilities, and services are requested by the Council and are otherwise
available for that purpose. Any funds provided to the Council pursuant to this subsection must be
expended by the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds are received by
the Council. To the extent of available appropriations, the Council may obtain, by purchase, rental,
donation, or otherwise, such additional property, facilities, and services as may be needed to carry
out its duties and may also receive donations of moneys for such purpose, and the Executive Direc-
tor is authorized, in his discretion, to accept, hold, use, expend, and administer the same for the
purposes of this Act.
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16 U.S.C. 470n(a) — International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural
Property; authorization
(a) The participation of the United States as a member of the International Centre for the Study of the
Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property is hereby authorized.
16 U.S.C. 470n(b) —Members of official delegation
(b) The Council shall recommend to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Smithsonian
Institution and other public and private organizations concerned with the technical problems of pres-
ervation, the members of the official delegation which will participate in the activities of the Centre on
behalf of the United States. The Secretary of State shall appoint the members of the official delegation
from the persons recommended to him by the Council.
16 U.S.C. 470n(c) — Authorization for membership payment
(c) For the purposes of this section there is authorized to be appropriated an amount equal to the as-
sessment for United States membership in the Centre for fiscal years 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982: Provided,
That no appropriation is authorized and no payment shall be made to the Centre in excess of 25 per
centum of the total annual assessment of such organization. Authorization for payment of such assess-
ment shall begin in fiscal year 1981, but shall include earlier costs.
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16 U.S.C. 470o —Transfer of personnel, funds, etc. to the Council
So much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and
other funds employed, held, used, programmed, or available or to be made available by the Department
of the Interior in connection with the functions of the Council, as the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall determine, shall be transferred from the Department to the Council within 60
days of the effective date of this Act [Pub. L. 94-422, September 28, 1976].
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16 U.S.C. 470p — Rights of Council employees
Any employee in the competitive service of the United States transferred to the Council under the provisions
of this section shall retain all rights, benefits, and privileges pertaining thereto held prior to such transfer.
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16 U.S.C. 470q — Exemption from Federal Advisory Committee Act
The Council is exempt from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (86 Stat. 770), and the
provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5 and chapter 7, of Title 5 [U.S. Code] [the Administrative Procedure
Act (80 Stat. 381)] shall govern the operations of the Council.
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