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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part A · Chapter 7 — Social Security

§ 1314. Public advisory groups

Statutory text

(a)

Advisory Council on Public Welfare; appointment and functions of initial Council

The Secretary shall, during 1964, appoint an Advisory Council on Public Welfare for the purpose of reviewing the administration of the public assistance and child welfare services programs for which funds are appropriated pursuant to this chapter and making recommendations for improvement of such administration, and reviewing the status of and making recommendations with respect to the public assistance programs for which funds are so appropriated, especially in relation to the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, with respect to the fiscal capacities of the States and the Federal Government, and with respect to any other matters bearing on the amount and proportion of the Federal and State shares in the public assistance and child welfare services programs.

(b)

Membership and representation of interests on initial Council

The Council shall be appointed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and shall consist of twelve persons who shall, to the extent possible, be representatives of employers and employees in equal numbers, representatives of State or Federal agencies concerned with the administration or financing of the public assistance and child welfare services programs, representatives of nonprofit private organizations concerned with social welfare programs, other persons with special knowledge, experience, or qualifications with respect to such programs, and members of the public.

(c)

Technical and other assistance for initial Council; availability of data

The Council is authorized to engage such technical assistance as may be required to carry out its functions, and the Secretary shall, in addition, make available to the Council such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such pertinent data prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services as it may require to carry out such functions.

(d)

Termination of initial Council’s existence on submission of report

The Council shall make a report of its findings and recommendations (including recommendations for changes in the provisions of this chapter) to the Secretary, such report to be submitted not later than , after which date such Council shall cease to exist.

(e)

Succeeding Councils; appointment; functions; membership; representation of interests; assistance and data; termination

The Secretary shall also from time to time thereafter appoint an Advisory Council on Public Welfare, with the same functions and constituted in the same manner as prescribed for the Advisory Council in the preceding subsections of this section. Each Council so appointed shall report its findings and recommendations, as prescribed in subsection (d), not later than July 1 of the second year after the year in which it is appointed, after which date such Council shall cease to exist.

(f)

Advisory committees; functions; reports by Secretary

The Secretary may also appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, such advisory committees as he may deem advisable to advise and consult with him in carrying out any of his functions under this chapter. The Secretary shall report to the Congress annually on the number of such committees and on the membership and activities of each such committee.

(g)

Compensation and travel expenses

Members of the Council or of any advisory committee appointed under this section who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall, while serving on business of the Council or any such committee, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $75 per day, including travel time; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in Government service employed intermittently.

(h)

Exemption from conflict of interest laws of members of Council or advisory committees; exceptions

(1)

Any member of the Council or any advisory committee appointed under this chapter, who is not a regular full-time employee of the United States, is hereby exempted, with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 203, 205, and 209 of title 18, except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(2)

The exemption granted by paragraph (1) shall not extend—

(A)

to the receipt or payment of salary in connection with the appointee’s Government service from any source other than the employer of the appointee at the time of his appointment, or

(B)

during the period of such appointment, to the prosecution or participation in the prosecution, by any person so appointed, of any claim against the Government involving any matter with which such person, during such period, is or was directly connected by reason of such appointment.

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. Pub. L. 87–543 title I § 121 · 76 Stat. 172

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1314

    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1114, as added Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 121, July 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 190

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1114, as added Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 121, July 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 190

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 121. advisory council on public welfare Title XI of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 1114. “appointment of advisory council and other advisory groups (a) The Secretary shall, during 1964, appoint an Advisory Council on Public Welfare for the purpose of reviewing the administration of the public assistance and child welfare services programs for which funds are appropriated pursuant to this Act and making recommendations for improvement of such administration, and reviewing the status of and making recommendations with respect to the public assistance programs for which funds are so appropriated, especially in relation to the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, with respect to the fiscal capacities of the States and the Federal Government, and with respect to any other matters bearing on the amount and proportion of the Federal and State shares in the public assistance and child welfare services programs. “(b) The Council shall be appointed by the Secretary without regard to the civil-service laws and shall consist of twelve persons who shall, to the extent possible, be representatives of employers and employees in equal numbers, representatives of State or Federal agencies concerned with the administration or financing of the public assistance and child welfare services programs, representatives of nonprofit private organizations concerned with social welfare programs, other persons with special knowledge, experience, or qualifications with respect to such programs, and members of the public. “(c) The Council is authorized to engage such technical assistance as may be required to carry out its functions, and the Secretary shall, in addition, make available to the Council such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such pertinent data prepared by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as it may require to carry out such functions. “(d) The Council shall make a report of its findings and recommendations Report. Termination. (including recommendations for changes in the provisions of the Social Security Act) to the Secretary, such report to be submitted 49 Stat. 620. 42 USC 1305. not later than July 1, 1966, after which date such Council shall cease to exist. “(e) The Secretary shall also from time to time thereafter appoint Appointment. an Advisory Council on Public Welfare, with the same functions and constituted in the same manner as prescribed for the Advisory Council in the preceding subsections of this section. Each Council so appointed Report. Termination. shall report its findings and recommendations, as prescribed in subsection (d), not later than July 1 of the second year after the year in which it is appointed, after which date such Council shall cease to exist. “(f) The Secretary may also appoint, without regard to the civil-service Advisory committees. laws, such advisory committees as he may deem advisable to advise and consult with him in carrying out any or his functions under this Act. The Secretary shall report to the Congress annually on the Report to Congress. number of such committees and on the membership and activities of each such committee. “(g) Members of the Council or of any advisory committee Compensation. appointed under this section who are not regular full-time employees or the United States shall, while serving on business of the Council or any such committee, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $75 per day, including travel time; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b–2) for persons in Government 75 Stat. 339, 340. service employed intermittently. “(h) (1) Any member of the Council or any advisory committee Conflict of interest. appointed under this Act, who is not a regular full-time employee of the United States, is hereby exempted, with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 281, 283, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 62 Stat. 697, 793. U.S.C. 99), except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection. “(2) The exemption granted by paragraph (1) shall not extend— “(A) to the receipt or payment of salary in connection with the appointee’s Government service from any source other than the employer of the appointee at the time of his appointment, or “(B) during the period of such appointment, to the prosecution or participation in the prosecution, by any person so appointed, of any claim against the Government involving any matter with which such person, during such period, is or was directly connected by reason of such appointment.”

  2. Social Security Amendments of 1967

    Pub. L. 90–248 § 403(e)(1) · 81 Stat. 821

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1314(b); 42 U.S.C. § 1314(f)

    Pub. L. 90–248, § 403(e)(1), (2), substituted “provisions of title 5, governing appointments in the competitive service” for “civil-service laws”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (b), (f). Pub. L. 90–248, § 403(e)(1), (2), substituted “provisions of title 5, governing appointments in the competitive service” for “civil-service laws”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 1114(b) of such Act is amended by striking out “the civil-service laws” and inserting in lieu thereof “the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service”.

  3. Social Security Amendments of 1967

    Pub. L. 90–248 § 403(e)(3) · 81 Stat. 821

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1314(g)

    Pub. L. 90–248, § 403(e)(3), substituted “section 5703 of title 5” for “section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b–2)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 90–248, § 403(e)(3), substituted “section 5703 of title 5” for “section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b–2)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 1114(g) of such Act is amended by striking out “section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b–2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.”.

  4. Spending Reduction Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–369 § 2663(j)(2)(D)(iv) · 98 Stat. 494

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1314(c)

    Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(j)(2)(D)(iv), substituted “Health and Human Services” for “Health, Education, and Welfare”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(j)(2)(D)(iv), substituted “Health and Human Services” for “Health, Education, and Welfare”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (iv) subsection (c) of section 1114;

  5. Spending Reduction Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–369 § 2663(e)(4)(A) · 98 Stat. 494

    Changed · 42 U.S.C. § 1314(g)

    Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(e)(4)(A), made technical correction of typographical error resulting in no change in text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(e)(4)(A), made technical correction of typographical error resulting in no change in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) Section 1114(g) of such Act is amended by striking out the period after “Code” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma.

  6. Spending Reduction Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–369 § 2663(e)(4)(B) · 98 Stat. 494

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1314(h)(1)

    Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(e)(4)(B), substituted “sections 203, 205, and 209 of title 18” for “sections 281, 283, and 1914 of title 18 and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(e)(4)(B), substituted “sections 203, 205, and 209 of title 18” for “sections 281, 283, and 1914 of title 18 and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) Section 1114(h)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out “sections 281, 283, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99)” and insert in lieu thereof “sections 203, 205, and 209 of title 18, United States Code”.

  7. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

    Pub. L. 106–554 § 1(a)(6)(tV)(s522)(c) · 114 Stat. 2763

    Added · 42 U.S.C. § 1314(i)

    Pub. L. 106–554 added subsec. (i)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106–554 added subsec. (i).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) H.R. 5661, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 948(e), Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2426, provided that: “Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 1320c–3, 1395w–22, 1395y, and 1395ff of this title] shall be effective as if included in the enactment of BIPA [the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, as enacted by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554].”

  8. Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

    Pub. L. 108–173 title IX § 948(a)(1)(A) · 117 Stat. 2066

    Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 1314(i)

    Pub. L. 108–173 redesignated and transferred subsec. (i) of this section to subsec. (j) of section 1395y of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 108–173 redesignated and transferred subsec. (i) of this section to subsec. (j) of section 1395y of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) is transferred to section 1862 42 USC 1395y. and added at the end of such section; and

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 948(e), Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2426, provided that: “Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 1320c–3, 1395w–22, 1395y, and 1395ff of this title] shall be effective as if included in the enactment of BIPA [the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, as enacted by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554].”

8 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1968–2003 · 4 rounds

2003

Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 108–173 redesignated and transferred subsec. (i) of this section to subsec. (j) of section 1395y of this title.

2000

Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106–554 added subsec. (i).

1984

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(j)(2)(D)(iv), substituted “Health and Human Services” for “Health, Education, and Welfare”.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(e)(4)(A), made technical correction of typographical error resulting in no change in text.

Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 98–369, § 2663(e)(4)(B), substituted “sections 203, 205, and 209 of title 18” for “sections 281, 283, and 1914 of title 18 and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99)”.

1968

Subsecs. (b), (f). Pub. L. 90–248, § 403(e)(1), (2), substituted “provisions of title 5, governing appointments in the competitive service” for “civil-service laws”.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 90–248, § 403(e)(3), substituted “section 5703 of title 5” for “section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b–2)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2003 Amendment

Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 948(e), , 117 Stat. 2426, provided that: “Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 1320c–3, 1395w–22, 1395y, and 1395ff of this title] shall be effective as if included in the enactment of BIPA [the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, as enacted by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554].”

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(6) [title V, § 522(d)], , 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–547, provided that:

“The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 1395y and 1395ff of this title] shall apply with respect to—

“(1)

a review of any national or local coverage determination filed,

“(2)

a request to make such a determination made, and

“(3)

a national coverage determination made,

on or after .”

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective , but not to be construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

Termination of Advisory Committees

Advisory committees in existence on , to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following , 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 the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. Advisory committees established after , 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 the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1935–2003 · 5 acts
  1. 1935Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1114, as added Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 121, , 76 Stat. 190
  2. 1968amended Pub. L. 90–248, title IV, § 403(e), , 81 Stat. 932
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(e)(4), (j)(2)(D)(iv), , 98 Stat. 1168, 1170
  4. 2000Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(6) [title V, § 522(c)], , 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–546
  5. 2003Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 948(a)(1)(A), , 117 Stat. 2425.
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(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1114, as added Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 121, , 76 Stat. 190; amended Pub. L. 90–248, title IV, § 403(e), , 81 Stat. 932; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(e)(4), (j)(2)(D)(iv), , 98 Stat. 1168, 1170; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(6) [title V, § 522(c)], , 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–546; Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 948(a)(1)(A), , 117 Stat. 2425.)

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