§ 3127. — Support for Advisory Board.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC3127]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH,
EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
Sec. 3127. Support for Advisory Board
(a) Appointment of staff
To assist the Advisory Board in the performance of its duties, the
Secretary may appoint, after consultation with the chairperson of the
Advisory Board--
(1) a full-time executive director who shall perform such duties
as the chairperson of the Advisory Board may direct and who shall
receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the rate payable for
GS-18 of the General Schedule established in section 5332 of title
5; and
(2) a professional staff of not more than five full-time
employees qualified in the food and agricultural sciences, of which
one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Advisory Board.
(b) Additional clerical assistance and staff personnel
The Secretary shall provide such additional clerical assistance and
staff personnel as may be required to assist the Advisory Board in
carrying out its duties.
(c) Assistance of outside personnel
In formulating its recommendations to the Secretary, the Advisory
Board may obtain the assistance of Department of Agriculture employees,
and, to the maximum extent practicable, the assistance of employees of
other Federal departments and agencies conducting related programs of
agricultural research, extension, and teaching and of appropriate
representatives of colleges and universities, including State
agricultural experiment stations, cooperative extension services, and
other non-Federal organizations conducting significant programs in the
food and agricultural sciences.
(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1412, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 991;
Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1413, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1302; Pub.
L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1605(b)(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3713;
Pub. L. 102-237, title IV, Sec. 402(5), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1863;
Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Secs. 852(b)(3), 853(b)(4), Apr. 4, 1996,
110 Stat. 1171, 1172; Pub. L. 105-185, title VI, Sec. 606(c)(1), June
23, 1998, 112 Stat. 603.)
Amendments
1998--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 606(c)(1)(A),
substituted ``its duties'' for ``their duties''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 606(c)(1)(B), substituted ``its
recommendations'' for ``their recommendations''.
1996--Pub. L. 104-127, Secs. 852(b)(3)(A), 853(b)(4)(A), in section
catchline, substituted ``Advisory Board'' for ``Joint Council, Advisory
Board, and Technology Board''.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127, Secs. 852(b)(3)(B)(i), (ii),
853(b)(4)(B)(i), in introductory provisions, substituted ``To assist the
Advisory Board in'' for ``To assist the Joint Council, the Advisory
Board, and the Technology Board in'' and ``with the chairperson of the
Advisory Board'' for ``with the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and
the chairperson of the Advisory Board and the Technology Board''.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-127, Secs. 852(b)(3)(B)(ii),
853(b)(4)(B)(i), substituted ``the chairperson of the Advisory Board''
for ``the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and the chairperson of the
Advisory Board and the Technology Board''.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-127, Secs. 852(b)(3)(B)(iii),
853(b)(4)(B)(ii), substituted ``one shall serve as the executive
secretary to the Advisory Board'' for ``one shall serve as the executive
secretary to the Joint Council, one shall serve as the executive
secretary to the Advisory Board, and one shall serve as the executive
secretary to the Technology Board''.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104-127, Secs. 852(b)(3)(C),
853(b)(4)(C), substituted ``Advisory Board'' for ``Joint Council,
Advisory Board, and Technology Board''.
1991--Subsecs. (b) and (c). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``, Advisory
Board, and Technology Board'' for ``and Advisory Board''.
1990--Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1605(b)(1)(A), amended section catchline
generally.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1605(b)(1)(B), in introductory
provision, substituted ``, the Advisory Board, and the Technology
Board'' for ``and the Advisory Board'' and inserted ``and the Technology
Board'' before the dash, in par. (1), inserted ``and the Technology
Board'' before ``may direct'', and in par. (2), substituted ``Council,''
for ``Council and'' and inserted before period at end ``, and one shall
serve as the executive secretary to the Technology Board''.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1605(b)(1)(C), (D), which
directed the substitution of ``, the Advisory Board, and the Technology
Board'' for ``and the Advisory Board'', could not be executed because
the phrase ``and the Advisory Board'' did not appear in text.
1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-98 inserted in provision preceding
par. (1) provision requiring consultation with the cochairpersons of the
Joint Council and the chairperson of the Advisory Board, redesignated
former par. (2) as (1) and substituted provision that a full-time
executive director perform such duties as the cochairpersons of the
Joint Council and chairperson of the Advisory Board direct for provision
that an executive director perform such duties as the chairman of the
Joint Council and the chairman of the Advisory Board direct, and
redesignated former par. (1) as (2) and inserted provision that one of
the full-time staff serve as the executive secretary to the Joint
Council and one serve as executive secretary to the Advisory Board.
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301
of this title.
References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References 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,
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376
of Title 5.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 3128 of this title.
