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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7451 

To establish a pilot program to provide financial and non-financial housing 

assistance to certain homeless individuals, to provide for a study of 

the effects of the pilot program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 

Ms. TLAIB (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. BUSH, Ms. 

LEE of California, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program to provide financial and nonfinancial housing assistance to certain homeless individuals, to provide for a study of the effects of the pilot 

program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Homelessness 

5 Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Each year, an estimated 4,200,000 youth 

4 and young adults experience homelessness in the 

5 United States. 

6 (2) Youth and young adults face many barriers 

7 to safe and stable housing, such as systemic and 

8 structural racism, age discrimination, and a scarce 

9 supply of affordable housing suitable for occupancy. 

10 (3) Black, Indigenous, and other youth and 

11 young adults of color have been systematically ex12 cluded from employment opportunities and access to 

13 stable income. 

14 (4) Prior to the COVID–19 pandemic, 1 in 5 

15 young people of color were living in poverty, as op16 posed to 1 in 9 young White people, and the impact 

17 of the pandemic has resulted in an exponential wid18 ening of the inequity faced by Black, Indigenous, 

19 and other youth and young adults of color when 

20 seeking safe housing and careers of their choice with 

21 stable income. 

22 (5) Full-time minimum-wage earners cannot af23 ford the average cost of a 2-bedroom apartment any24 where in the United States. 

25 (6) The changing nature of the economy—in26 cluding the growth of the ‘‘gig economy’’ in which 


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1 workers earn income providing on-demand work, 

2 services, or goods; unemployment risks posed by au3 tomation; and the fluctuating nature of waged 

4 labor—will result in increased income volatility and 

5 prevent upward economic mobility, especially among 

6 young adults. 

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Financial Services 

13 of the House of Representatives; 

14 (B) the Committee on Ways and Means of 

15 the House of Representatives; 

16 (C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

17 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

18 (D) the Committee on Finance of the Sen19 ate. 

20 (2) CERTIFIED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FI21 NANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘certified com22 munity development financial institution’’ means a 

23 community development financial institution, as de24 fined in section 103 of the Community Development 

25 Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 


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1 U.S.C. 4702), certified by the Community Develop2 ment Financial Institutions Fund under section 

3 1805.201 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations. 

4 (3) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

5 National Youth Economic Advisory Council. 

6 (4) DATABASE.—The term ‘‘database’’ means 

7 the database created under section 4(b)(1). 

8 (5) FAIR MARKET RENT.—The term ‘‘fair mar9 ket rent’’ means the applicable fair market rental es10 tablished pursuant to section 8(c) of the United 

11 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)). 

12 (6) HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMU13 NITIES.—The term ‘‘historically marginalized com14 munities’’ includes low-income communities and mi15 nority religious, racial, and ethnic groups. 

16 (7) HOMELESS.—The term ‘‘homeless’’ has the 

17 meaning given that term in section 103 of the 

18 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 11302) and includes homeless children and 

20 youths as defined in section 725 of such Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 11434a). 

22 (8) LOW-INCOME GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The 

23 term ‘‘low-income geographic area’’ has the meaning 

24 given that term in section 351 of the Small Business 

25 Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 689). 


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1 (9) PAYMENT-RECEIVING GROUP.—The term 

2 ‘‘payment-receiving group’’ means the group des3 ignated to receive cash payments pursuant to section 

4 4(c)(3). 

5 (10) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot pro6 gram’’ means the Youth Homelessness Guaranteed 

7 Income Pilot Program. 

8 (11) PROGRAM PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘program 

9 payment’’ means a payment made under section 

10 4(c)(3). 

11 (12) RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP.— 

12 The term ‘‘racial and ethnic minority group’’ has the 

13 meaning given the term in section 1707(g) of the 

14 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g)). 

15 (13) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

16 means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

17 (14) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP.—The 

18 term ‘‘socially disadvantaged group’’ means a group 

19 whose members have been subjected to racial, ethnic, 

20 or gender prejudice because of their identity as 

21 members of a group without regard to their indi22 vidual qualities. 


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1 SEC. 4. THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS GUARANTEED INCOME 

2 PILOT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

4 program, entitled the ‘‘Youth Homelessness Guaranteed 

5 Income Pilot Program’’, to provide housing assistance to 

6 certain eligible individuals in accordance with this section. 

7 (b) PREPARATION.—Within 2 years after the date of 

8 the enactment of this Act: 

9 (1) DATABASE OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.— 

10 (A) CREATION OF DATABASE.—The Sec11 retary shall create a database of individuals 

12 who are homeless while living in the United 

13 States containing the information described in 

14 section 6(b)(1). 

15 (B) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.—Based on 

16 the recommendations issued by the Council 

17 under section 6(b)(1), the Secretary— 

18 (i) shall make reasonable efforts using 

19 reliable sources to identify homeless indi20 viduals for inclusion in the database; and 

21 (ii) may communicate recommenda22 tions to the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

23 Secretary of Education, or the Secretary of 

24 Housing and Urban Development with re25 spect to the prescription of regulations de26 scribed in subparagraph (C). 


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1 (C) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE REGULA2 TIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec3 retary of Education, and the Secretary of Hous4 ing and Urban Development may each prescribe 

5 regulations requiring a recipient of funds or 

6 other assistance under the McKinney-Vento 

7 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301– 

8 11435)— 

9 (i) to make reasonable efforts to iden10 tify homeless individuals who receive bene11 fits or assistance provided through the 

12 funds; and 

13 (ii) to submit sufficient information to 

14 the Secretary for the homeless individuals 

15 to be listed in the database. 

16 (D) REQUIREMENTS FOR DATABASE IN17 FORMATION.—The Secretary— 

18 (i) shall verify the accuracy of the in19 formation in the database; 

20 (ii) shall include in the database, with 

21 respect to each individual listed in the 

22 database, only the information necessary 

23 to— 


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1 (I) determine the eligibility of the 

2 individual to participate in the pilot 

3 program; or 

4 (II) administer the pilot program 

5 with the individual as a participant; 

6 and 

7 (iii) may not include in the database 

8 any information about the citizenship sta9 tus, immigration status, or Social Security 

10 number of any individual listed in the 

11 database. 

12 (E) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE DATA13 BASE.—The Secretary shall submit a written 

14 report to the appropriate congressional commit15 tees describing the process used to create the 

16 database. 

17 (2) SELECTION OF PILOT PROGRAM PARTICI18 PANTS.— 

19 (A) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, in coordi20 nation with the External Partner and the Coun21 cil, shall develop criteria for the selection of 

22 pilot program participants that are— 

23 (i) consistent with the objectives of 

24 the study described in section 5; 


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1 (ii) inclusive of low-income geographic 

2 areas; and 

3 (iii) representative of the demo4 graphics of the population of homeless in5 dividuals in the United States who have 

6 not attained 30 years of age. 

7 (B) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall se8 lect, consistent with the criteria developed 

9 under subparagraph (A), not more than 

10 105,000 individuals listed in the database to 

11 participate in the pilot program, each of whom 

12 shall be— 

13 (i) an emancipated minor; or 

14 (ii) an individual who has attained 18 

15 years of age but not 30 years of age. 

16 (C) IMPERMISSIBLE FACTORS.—The Sec17 retary may not use citizenship or immigration 

18 status as factors in the selection of pilot pro19 gram participants. 

20 (3) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE

21 PILOT PROGRAM.—An individual may not participate 

22 in the pilot program until the individual, in a form 

23 and manner determined by the Secretary— 

24 (A) consents to the disclosure of Federal 

25 and State income tax return information of the 


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1 individual to the Secretary and the External 

2 Partner; and 

3 (B) discloses other personal information 

4 determined by the Secretary to be necessary for 

5 the administration of the pilot program and the 

6 study described in section 5, including the ZIP 

7 Code of the primary place of residence main8 tained by the individual. 

9 (c) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.— 

10 (1) DURATION.—The Secretary shall provide 

11 the assistance described in this subsection to the 

12 pilot program participants for 36 consecutive 

13 months. 

14 (2) ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO ALL PARTICI15 PANTS.—Based on the recommendations issued by 

16 the Council under section 6(b)(2), and in consulta17 tion with the External Partner, the Secretary shall, 

18 directly or by contract or cooperative agreement, 

19 provide to each participant, appropriate to the cir20 cumstances of the participant, the following: 

21 (A) Housing navigation services. 

22 (B) Financial coaching courses. 

23 (C) Workforce development services. 

24 (D) Educational attainment services. 


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1 (E) Education on the landlord-tenant laws 

2 of the jurisdiction of residence of the partici3 pant and the rights that the participant would 

4 have as a tenant. 

5 (F) Additional services recommended by 

6 the Council and the External Partner, at the 

7 discretion of the Secretary. 

8 (G) Assistance in identifying, applying for, 

9 and using any service or assistance available to 

10 the participant that is funded under the McKin11 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 11301–11435). 

13 (3) CASH PAYMENTS TO THE PAYMENT-RECEIV14 ING GROUP.— 

15 (A) DIVISION INTO 2 GROUPS.—The Sec16 retary shall— 

17 (i) divide the participants randomly 

18 into 2 groups, approximately equal in size 

19 and equally representative with respect to 

20 the criteria for the selection of partici21 pants; and 

22 (ii) designate 1 group to receive cash 

23 payments pursuant to this paragraph. 

24 (B) FREQUENCY; AMOUNT.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 make a payment to each member of the 

3 payment-receiving group every month for 

4 the duration described in paragraph (1), 

5 with each monthly payment in the amount 

6 equal to or the greater of $1,400 or the 

7 adjusted fair market rent cost for the 

8 member involved. 

9 (ii) ADJUSTED FAIR MARKET RENT

10 COST.—The Secretary shall determine the 

11 adjusted fair market rent cost for such a 

12 member based on the fair market rent cost 

13 for a 2-bedroom home in the ZIP Code 

14 designated by the member and any modi15 fications recommended by the Council 

16 under section 6(b)(4). 

17 (iii) LUMP SUM PAYMENT PERMITTED

18 FOR THE 1ST YEAR.—Notwithstanding 

19 clause (i), not more than half of the mem20 bers of the payment-receiving group may 

21 elect to receive not more than the first 12 

22 monthly payments under clause (i) in a 

23 single lump sum payment. 

24 (C) FORMS OF PAYMENT.—The Secretary 

25 shall make each program payment by whichever 


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1 of the following methods is elected by the par2 ticipant involved: 

3 (i) Cash. 

4 (ii) Electronic funds transfer. 

5 (iii) Prepaid debit card. 

6 (iv) Any other method offered by the 

7 Secretary. 

8 (D) DAY OF PAYMENT.—Each member of 

9 the payment-receiving group may elect to re10 ceive the monthly payment on the first or last 

11 weekday of the month that is not a legal public 

12 holiday. 

13 (d) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.— 

14 (1) DISCLOSURES PROHIBITED.—A person shall 

15 not disclose any information related to the pilot pro16 gram, except to the extent permitted by regulations 

17 prescribed under paragraph (2). 

18 (2) REGULATIONS FOR SHARING INFORMA19 TION.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 

20 Council and External Partner, may prescribe regula21 tions to provide for the sharing of information in the 

22 database, without personal identifiers, with nonprofit 

23 organizations and academic institutions for non24 commercial research purposes. 


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1 (3) DESTRUCTION OF DATABASE.—The Sec2 retary shall destroy the database within 30 days 

3 after the Council terminates. 

4 (4) VIOLATIONS.— 

5 (A) Any person who, by virtue of an offi6 cial position or affiliation with the Secretary, 

7 the Council, or the External Partner— 

8 (i) has possession of, or access to, any 

9 record containing individually identifiable 

10 information the disclosure of which is pro11 hibited by or under this Act; and 

12 (ii) knowingly discloses such a record 

13 to any person or agency not entitled to re14 ceive the record, 

15 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not 

16 more than $25,000. 

17 (B) Any person who knowingly requests or 

18 obtains any record related to the pilot program 

19 from the Secretary, the Council, or the External 

20 Partner under false pretenses shall be guilty of 

21 a misdemeanor and fined not more than 

22 $25,000. 

23 (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS, BENE24 FITS, AND LAWS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

25 of law: 


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1 (1) Participation in the pilot program, including 

2 the receipt of program payments, may not be consid3 ered for the purposes of determining— 

4 (A) the eligibility of a participant for, or 

5 the amount or timing of, any benefit or assist6 ance under any Federal program or under any 

7 State or local program financed, in whole or in 

8 part, with Federal funds; or 

9 (B) whether a participant is a public 

10 charge under section 212(a)(4) of the Immigra11 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)) 

12 or section 237(a)(5) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

13 1227(a)(5)). 

14 (2) For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code 

15 of 1986, gross income shall not include any program 

16 payment to a participant. 

17 (3) Section 401 of the Personal Responsibility 

18 and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 

19 U.S.C. 1611) shall not apply to this Act. 

20 SEC. 5. STUDY. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct, in 

22 coordination with the External Partner selected pursuant 

23 to this section, a study on the effects of the pilot program. 

24 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The primary objectives of the 

25 study shall be— 


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1 (1) to analyze the effect of the program pay2 ments on— 

3 (A) the housing outcomes of the pilot pro4 gram participants; 

5 (B) the microeconomic outcomes of the 

6 participants; 

7 (C) the physical and mental health and 

8 well-being of the participants; and 

9 (D) the social cost attributable to income 

10 volatility and homelessness, including through 

11 public expenditures for government-provided 

12 services in health, education, employment, and 

13 childcare; and 

14 (2) to evaluate the feasibility of— 

15 (A) expanding the pilot program to include 

16 more participants in the payment-receiving 

17 group; and 

18 (B) using direct cash transfers to reduce 

19 homelessness in the United States. 

20 (c) SELECTION OF THE EXTERNAL PARTNER.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Within 270 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, and before complying 

23 with section 4(b)(2), the Secretary shall choose an 

24 organization with demonstrated experience and ex25 pertise in mixed-methods experimental design and 


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1 the implementation of cash-transfer programs to be 

2 the External Partner. 

3 (2) CONDITIONS ON SELECTION.—The Sec4 retary may require the External Partner to employ 

5 the services of certain qualified individuals in car6 rying out the responsibilities of the External Partner 

7 under this Act. 

8 (3) COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES REN9 DERED.—The Secretary may pay not more than the 

10 hourly equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 

11 grade GS–12, step 5, of the General Schedule for 

12 each hour (including travel time) during which a 

13 person affiliated with the External Partner is en14 gaged in the performance of duties of the External 

15 Partner under this section. 

16 (d) DUTIES OF THE EXTERNAL PARTNER.— 

17 (1) SELECTION OF STUDY CRITERIA.—The Ex18 ternal Partner shall make recommendations to the 

19 Secretary on— 

20 (A) how to accomplish the primary objec21 tives described in subsection (b); and 

22 (B) additional objectives for the study. 

23 (2) DATA COLLECTION.—Under the oversight 

24 of the Secretary, the External Partner shall collect 

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1 formation about a pilot program participant given by 

2 the Secretary to the External Partner for the study. 

3 (e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary, in con4 sultation with the External Partner, shall submit to the 

5 appropriate congressional committees— 

6 (1) an interim report, within 24 months after 

7 the commencement of pilot program services; and 

8 (2) a final report, within 12 months after the 

9 conclusion of the pilot program services. 

10 SEC. 6. NATIONAL YOUTH ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

12 the National Youth Economic Advisory Council. 

13 (b) DUTIES.— 

14 (1) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DATABASE

15 AND THE SELECTION OF THE EXTERNAL PART16 NER.—The Council shall issue recommendations to 

17 the Secretary with respect to— 

18 (A) the identification and utilization of re19 liable sources of information for identifying 

20 homeless individuals and listing the individuals 

21 in the database with sufficient information for 

22 the Secretary to select any individual listed in 

23 the database to participate in the pilot pro24 gram; 


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1 (B) any regulation that may be prescribed 

2 by the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 

3 Agriculture, or the Secretary of Housing and 

4 Urban Development with respect to the McKin5 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 11301–11435) to facilitate the identification of 

7 homeless individuals for inclusion in the data8 base; and 

9 (C) the selection of the External Partner. 

10 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SELECTION

11 CRITERIA.—The Council shall issue recommenda12 tions to the Secretary with respect to the selection 

13 criteria for pilot program participants that are con14 sistent with the objectives of the study and with the 

15 demographics of the homeless population in the 

16 United States. 

17 (3) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FORMS OF ASSIST18 ANCE.—The Council shall issue recommendations to 

19 the Secretary on the forms of assistance to be pro20 vided to a pilot program participant pursuant to sec21 tion 4(c)(2). 

22 (4) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADJUSTED

23 FAIR MARKET COST.—The Council shall issue rec24 ommendations to the Secretary on modifications to 


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1 the fair market cost in the determination of the ad2 justed fair market cost under section 4(c)(3)(B)(ii). 

3 (5) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION

4 OF THE PROGRAM.—The Council may issue rec5 ommendations to the Secretary for improving the 

6 performance and administration of the pilot pro7 gram. 

8 (6) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STUDY.—The 

9 Council may issue recommendations to the Secretary 

10 or the External Partner on other objectives of the 

11 study. 

12 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

13 (1) APPOINTMENT.— 

14 (A) REGULAR MEMBERS.—The Secretary 

15 shall appoint the following regular members of 

16 the Council: 

17 (i) A member representing the Sec18 retary, who shall chair the Council. 

19 (ii) A representative from a national 

20 nonprofit homeless youth organization. 

21 (iii) A representative from a national 

22 nonprofit civil rights organization rep23 resenting historically marginalized commu24 nities or socially disadvantaged groups. 


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1 (iv) A representative from a national 

2 organization representing LGBTQ+ popu3 lations. 

4 (v) A representative from an economic 

5 research organization or academic institu6 tion with expertise in cash-transfer pro7 grams. 

8 (vi) A representative from a commu9 nity advocacy organization with expertise 

10 in cash-transfer programs. 

11 (vii) A representative from a certified 

12 community development financial institu13 tion whose central demographic is of a ra14 cial and ethnic minority group. 

15 (viii) A member representing the De16 partment of Housing and Urban Develop17 ment, nominated by the Secretary of Hous18 ing and Urban Development. 

19 (ix) A member representing the De20 partment of Education, nominated by the 

21 Secretary of Education. 

22 (B) AUTHORIZED MEMBERS.—The Sec23 retary shall appoint to the Council 3 individuals 

24 included in the database who were not selected 

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1 retary begins providing the services under sec2 tion 4(c). 

3 (2) CONTINUATION OF MEMBERSHIP.—If an in4 cumbent member is appointed to the Council as a 

5 representative of an organization and the incumbent 

6 member ceases to be affiliated with the organization, 

7 the incumbent member may continue as a member 

8 until the Secretary appoints a new member in the 

9 stead of the incumbent member. 

10 (3) REMOVAL.—The Secretary may remove a 

11 member for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfea12 sance in office. 

13 (d) PAY.— 

14 (1) RATES OF PAY.—Members of the Council 

15 shall each be entitled to receive the daily equivalent 

16 of the annual rate of basic pay for grade GS–14, 

17 step 10, of the General Schedule for each day (in18 cluding travel time) during which such members are 

19 engaged in the performance of duties of the Council. 

20 (2) PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION OF FED21 ERAL EMPLOYEES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 

22 the members of the Council who are full-time offi23 cers or employees of the United States or Members 

24 of Congress for purposes of title 5, United States 


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1 Code, may not receive additional pay, allowances, or 

2 benefits by reason of service on the Council. 

3 (3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall 

4 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

5 subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 

6 of subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 

7 States Code. 

8 (e) STAFF.—On request of the Council and on a re9 imbursable basis, for the purpose of assisting the Council 

10 in carrying out the duties of the Council, the Secretary, 

11 the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health 

12 and Human Services may each detail to the Council any 

13 personnel of their respective departments. 

14 (f) FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall meet at 

16 least every 3 months. 

17 (2) DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY.—The 

18 Secretary may require the Council to sit for addi19 tional meetings at the discretion of the Secretary. 

20 (3) DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.—The Chair 

21 may require the Council to sit for additional meet22 ings at the discretion of the Chair or on written request of 1 23 ⁄3 of the members. 


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1 (4) NOTICE TO MEMBERS.—The Chair shall 

2 give each member of the Council notice of a meeting 

3 no fewer than 15 days before the meeting. 

4 (g) CHARTER; QUORUM.— 

5 (1) COUNCIL CHARTER.—The Council shall 

6 comply with section 1008(c) of title 5, United States 

7 Code, as if— 

8 (A) the Council were an advisory com9 mittee but not a Presidential advisory com10 mittee; 

11 (B) the Secretary were the head of the 

12 agency to whom the advisory committee reports; 

13 and 

14 (C) the appropriate congressional commit15 tees were the standing committees of the Sen16 ate and House of Representatives having legis17 lative jurisdiction over the agency to which the 

18 advisory committee reports. 

19 (2) ADDITIONAL CONTENTS IN COUNCIL CHAR20 TER.—The charter filed pursuant to paragraph (1) 

21 shall contain provisions to determine— 

22 (A) quorum; 

23 (B) the information required to be dis24 closed, in any notice of a Council meeting, 


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1 about the matters to be discussed in the meet2 ing; 

3 (C) when a member has a conflict of inter4 est in a matter being considered by the Council; 

5 and 

6 (D) the circumstances under which a con7 flict of interest in a matter may or shall dis8 qualify a member from participating in consid9 ering, or voting on, the matter. 

10 (3) QUORUM.—Until the filing of the charter, a 

11 majority of the members of the Council appointed 

12 shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may 

13 hold hearings. 

14 (h) POWERS.— 

15 (1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Council 

16 may, for the purpose of carrying out this section, 

17 hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 

18 testimony, administer oaths or affirmations to wit19 nesses appearing before the Council, and receive evi20 dence as the Council considers appropriate. 

21 (2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Council 

22 may secure directly from any department or agency 

23 of the United States information necessary to enable 

24 the Council to carry out the duties of the Council 

25 under this section. 


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1 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—On 

2 request of the Council, the Administrator of General 

3 Services shall provide to the Council, on a reimburs4 able basis, the administrative support services nec5 essary for the Commission to carry out the duties of 

6 the Council under this section. 

7 (i) REPORTS.— 

8 (1) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Council may sub9 mit to the Secretary such interim reports as the 

10 Council considers appropriate. 

11 (2) FINAL REPORT.—The Council shall submit 

12 a final report to the Secretary containing an assess13 ment of the Council with respect to— 

14 (A) the pilot program; and 

15 (B) the report submitted by the Secretary 

16 pursuant to section 5(e)(2). 

17 (j) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate 

18 within 30 days after the Secretary submits the report pur19 suant to section 5(e)(2). 

20 (k) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ADVISORY COM21 MITTEE ACT.—Except as provided in subsection (g)(1) of 

22 this section, chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, 

23 shall not apply to the Council, but the Secretary may pre24 scribe regulations directing the Council to comply with 

25 sections 1009 through 1111 of such title if the Secretary 


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