[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

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.