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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 120 — Minority Business Development

§ 9573. Duties

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Council shall provide advice to the Under Secretary by—

(1)

serving as a source of knowledge and information on developments in areas of the economic and social life of the United States that affect socially or economically disadvantaged business concerns;

(2)

providing the Under Secretary with information regarding plans, programs, and activities in the public and private sectors that relate to socially or economically disadvantaged business concerns; and

(3)

advising the Under Secretary regarding—

(A)

any measures to better achieve the objectives of this chapter; and

(B)

problems and matters the Under Secretary refers to the Council.

(b)

Capacity

Members of the Council shall not be compensated for service on the Council but may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5.

(c)

Termination

Notwithstanding section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.),1 the Council shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after .

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Minority Business Development Act of 2021

    Pub. L. 117–58 div. K title V § 100503 · 135 Stat. 429

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 9573

    (Pub. L. 117–58, div. K, title V, § 100503, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1463.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 117–58, div. K, title V, § 100503, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1463.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 100503. DUTIES. (a) In General.— The Council shall provide advice to the Under Secretary by— (1) serving as a source of knowledge and information on developments in areas of the economic and social life of the United States that affect socially or economically disadvantaged business concerns; (2) providing the Under Secretary with information regarding plans, programs, and activities in the public and private sectors that relate to socially or economically disadvantaged business concerns; and (3) advising the Under Secretary regarding— (A) any measures to better achieve the objectives of this division; and (B) problems and matters the Under Secretary refers to the Council. (b) Capacity.— Members of the Council shall not be compensated for service on the Council but may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. (c) Termination.— Notwithstanding section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Council shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(3)(A), was in the original “this division”, meaning div. K of Pub. L. 117–58, , 135 Stat. 1445, which is classified prinicpally to this chapter. For complete classification of division K to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9501 of this title and Tables.

Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is section 14 of Pub. L. 92–463, which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and was repealed and restated as section 1013 of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286, §§ 3(a), 7, , 136 Stat. 4204, 4361.

Credits

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. K, title V, § 100503, , 135 Stat. 1463.)

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