Us Code § 4832 - Security Review Committee
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§ 4832. Security Review Committee
(a) Membership
A Security Review Committee shall consist of five members, 4 appointed by the Secretary of State, and 1 appointed by the Director of Central Intelligence. The Secretary of State shall designate the Chairperson of the Security Review Committee. Members of the Security Review Committee who are not Federal officers or employees shall each be paid at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of basic pay payable for level GS–18 of the General Schedule for each day (including travel time) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Security Review Committee. Members of the Security Review Committee who are Federal officers or employees shall receive no additional pay by reason of such membership.
(b) Facilities, services, supplies, and staff
(1) Supplied by Department of State
A Security Review Committee shall obtain facilities, services, and supplies through the Department of State. All expenses of the Security Review Committee, including necessary costs of travel, shall be paid by the Department of State. Travel expenses authorized under this paragraph shall be paid in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 or other applicable law.
(2) Detail
At the request of a Security Review Committee, employees of the Department of State or other Federal agencies, members of the Foreign Service, or members of the uniformed services may be temporarily assigned, with or without reimbursement, to assist the Security Review Committee.
(3) Experts and consultants
A Security Review Committee may employ and compensate (in accordance with section 3109 of title 5) such experts and consultants as the Security Review Committee considers necessary to carry out its functions. Experts and consultants so employed shall be responsible solely to the Security Review Committee.
(Pub. L. 99–399, title III, §302, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 859; Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCIII, §9302(e), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3886.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–263, §9302(e)(2), which directed substitution of "a Security Review Committee" for "a Board" wherever appearing, was executed by making the substitution in subsec. (b)(2) and also substituting, wherever appearing, "A Security Review Committee" for "A Board" and "the Security Review Committee" for "the Board", wherever appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 117–263, §9302(e)(1), substituted "Security Review Committee" for "Accountability Review Board" in section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director's capacity as the head of the intelligence community deemed to be a reference to the Director of National Intelligence. Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director's capacity as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. See section 1081(a), (b) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out as a note under section 3001 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
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, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
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