[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR12.18]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 12--ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.18  Uniform pay guidelines.

    (a) Members. Subject to the provisions of this section, the pay of 
any member of an advisory committee shall be fixed at the daily 
equivalent rate of the FEMA general salary schedule unless the member is 
appointed as a consultant, to be compensated as provided in paragraph 
(c) of this section. In determining an appropriate rate of pay for the 
members of an advisory committee, consideration shall be given to the 
significance, scope and technical complexity of the matters with which 
the advisory committee is concerned, and the qualifications required of 
the members of the advisory committee. The pay of the members of an 
advisory committee shall not be fixed at a rate higher than the daily 
equivalent of the maximum rate for GS-15 unless the Director has 
determined that, under the factors set forth in this paragraph, a higher 
rate of pay is justified and necessary. Such a determination will be 
reviewed annually by the Director.

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    (b) Advisory committee staff. The pay of each member of the staff of 
an advisory committee shall be fixed at a rate of the general salary 
schedule in which the staff member's position would be appropriately 
compensated for in the FEMA evaluation system applicable to the 
position. Pay of the member of the staff of an advisory committee shall 
not be fixed at a rate higher than the daily equivalent of the maximum 
rate for a GS-15 unless the Director or his designee has determined 
that, under its evaluation system, the staff member's position would 
appropriately be placed in the General Salary Schedule at a grade higher 
than GS-15. Such a determination will be reviewed by the Director 
annually.
    (c) Consultants. The rate of pay of a consultant to an advisory 
committee shall not exceed the maximum rate of pay which FEMA may pay 
experts and consultants under 5 U.S.C. 3109. Consideration shall be 
given to the qualifications required of the consultant and the 
significance, scope, and technical complexity of the work in fixing the 
rate of pay for the consultants.
    (d) Voluntary services. The provisions of this section shall not 
prevent FEMA from accepting the voluntary services of a member of an 
advisory committee, or a member of the staff of an advisory committee, 
provided that FEMA has the authority to accept such services without 
compensation.
    (e) Reimbursable travel expenses. The members of an advisory 
committee and the staff thereof, while engaged in the performance of 
their duties away from their home or regular places of business, may be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem and in lieu of subsistences, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703 for persons employed intermittently in 
the government service.