(2) MEMBERSHIP.—
(A) PERMANENT
MEMBERS.—The Board
shall consist of 8 permanent members, as fol-
lows:
(i) A Chairman appointed by and
serving at the pleasure of the President.
(ii) The Secretary of Agriculture (or
the designee of the Secretary).
(iii) The Secretary of Health and
Human Services (or the designee of the
Secretary).
(iv) The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development (or the designee of the
Secretary).
(v) The Secretary of Labor (or the
designee of the Secretary).
(vi) The Secretary of the Interior (or
the designee of the Secretary).
(vii) The Attorney General of the
United States (or the designee of the At-
torney General).
(viii) The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (or the designee
of the Director).
(B) LIMITED PURPOSE MEMBERS.—In ad-
dition, for the purpose of carrying out the duty
of the Board to provide advice to the Chairman
with respect to a particular application for
waivers under this section, or with respect to
the implementation of the reforms proposed in
the application, the Board shall include the
head of each department or agency (or the des-
ignee of the head) having responsibility for the
administration of a program which the applica-
tion proposes to reform.
(3) VACANCY.—A vacancy in the position of
Chairman shall be filled in the manner in which the
original appointment was made.
(4) COMPENSATION OF CHAIRMAN.—
(A) BASIC PAY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman shall
be paid at a rate equal to the rate of basic
pay payable for level II of the Executive
Schedule.
(ii) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sec-
tion 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘Chairman, 
Interagency 
Waiver 
Request
Board.’’.
(B) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—The Chairman
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sec-
tions 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States
Code.
(5) APPOINTMENT
AND
COMPENSATION
OF
PERSONNEL.—The Chairman may appoint and fix
the compensation of personnel as may be necessary
to assist the Board in carrying out the responsibil-
ities of the Board, in accordance with chapter 51
and subchapters III and VIII of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code.
(6) PROHIBITION
AGAINST
ADDITIONAL
COM-
PENSATION
OF
FEDERAL
OFFICERS
OR
EMPLOY-
EES.—Members of the Board who are full-time offi-
cers or employees of the United States (other than
the Chairman) may not be provided additional pay,
allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on
the Board.
(7) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet not less
than twice annually at the call of the Chairman.
(8) POWERS.—
(A) ASSISTANCE OF OTHER FEDERAL EN-
TITIES.—The head of each Federal department
or agency who is a permanent or other member
of the Board shall make available to the Board
such assistance as the Board may require to
carry out the activities of the Board.
(B) USE OF UNITED STATES MAILS.—The
Board may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as
other departments and agencies of the United
States.
(C) ACCEPTANCE
OF
GIFTS, BEQUESTS,
AND
DEVISES.—The Board may accept, use,
and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of
services or property, both real and personal, for
the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of
the Board. Gifts, bequests, or devises of money
and proceeds from sales of other property re-
ceived as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be de-
posited in the Treasury and shall be available
for disbursement upon order of the Chairman.
(9) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Board shall trans-
mit annually to the Congress a report containing a
detailed statement of the activities of the Board dur-
ing the year covered by the report.
(b) APPLICATION FOR WAIVERS.—Any entity that is
receiving or is eligible to receive Federal funds or other
Federal assistance under a program referred to in sub-
section (h) may submit to the Chairman an application
which contains—
(1) a proposal to reform the conduct of the pro-
gram (and, if appropriate, any other such program)
by the entity;
(2) a written statement, from each other non-
Federal officer or entity to which the Federal funds
or assistance would otherwise be provided (either di-
rectly or through intervening levels of grantees or
other recipients) under the program or programs,
that such other officer or entity approves of the pro-
posal and will cooperate in the implementation of the
proposal by the entity;
(3) a list of the provisions of law or regulation
which prevent the entity from implementing the pro-
posal; and
(4) a request that the Chairman, and the offi-
cer or officers of the Federal Government respon-
sible for the administration of the program or pro-
grams proposed to be reformed, waive the applica-
tion of such provisions of law or regulation, to the
extent necessary to enable the entity to implement
the proposal.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—
(1) EVALUATION
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.—
The Chairman shall—
(A) evaluate the proposal contained in any
application submitted in accordance with sub-
section (b), and make recommendations with re-
spect to the proposal; and
(B) transmit the application and rec-
ommendations to the officer or officers referred
to in subsection (b)(4).
(2) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Chair-
man shall provide for the coordination of all actions
under this section with respect to an application
submitted in accordance with subsection (b) that
proposes the coordinated implementation of reforms
to 2 or more programs referred to in subsection (h).
(d) AGENCY REVIEW.—Within 45 days after an offi-
cer of the Federal Government receives an application
transmitted pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(B), the officer
shall review the application and notify the Chairman of
the opinion of the officer as to—
(1) whether the program, as proposed to be re-
formed, would—
(A)(i) help certain individuals for whom
long-term assistance is necessary to meet basic
human welfare needs and improve their living
conditions in the most efficient and effective
way possible; and
(ii) help able-bodied individuals and their
families, on a temporary basis, meet basic
human welfare needs and improve their living
conditions in the most efficient and effective
way possible;
(B) help individuals and families acquire
skills necessary to—
(i) improve their living conditions sub-
stantially;
(ii) maintain and strengthen family
relationships; and
(iii) attain or retain the capability for
maximum self-support and independence;
or
(C) promote individual initiative and per-
sonal behavior consistent with progress toward
self-sufficiency and a strong family life;
(2) whether the program, as proposed to be re-
formed, would reasonably meet the needs of the in-
tended beneficiaries of the program; and
(3) whether granting the requested waiver
would unnecessarily or unreasonably affect individ-
uals or families adversely.
(e) FINAL ACTION BY CHAIRMAN.—
(1) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Chairman may
approve an application submitted in accordance with
subsection (b) and grant the waiver or waivers pro-
posed in the application if the Chairman has deter-
mined that—
(A) the program or programs proposed to
be reformed in the application, as so reformed,
would meet the requirements of any subpara-
graph of subsection (d)(1) and reasonably meet
the needs of the intended beneficiaries of the
program or programs; and
(B) granting the requested waiver would
not unnecessarily or unreasonably affect indi-
viduals or families adversely.
(2) CONDITIONAL
APPROVAL.—The Chairman
may condition approval of the application on the ac-
ceptance by the applicant of specified modifications
to the application.
(3) DEADLINE.—Within 120 days after the
Chairman receives an application submitted in ac-
cordance with subsection (b), the Chairman shall ap-
prove, conditionally approve, or disapprove the appli-
cation, and notify the applicant of such action.
(4) LIMITATION.—This subsection shall not be
construed to authorize the Chairman to waive the
application to any entity referred to in subsection
(b) of a provision of law or regulation applicable to
a program if the waiver would result in net pay-
ments by the Federal Government to the entity
under the program for a fiscal year in excess of the
net payments which would otherwise be so made to
the entity.
(f) REVOCATION OF WAIVER.—If, after granting a
waiver under subsection (e)(1), the Chairman finds that
the applicant has failed to carry out the program in ac-
cordance with any applicable provision of law or regula-
tion, or has failed to implement the reforms proposed in
the application for the waiver, the Chairman may revoke
the waiver in whole or in part, effective at such time as
the Chairman deems appropriate.
(g) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this section:
(1) INDIAN TRIBES DEEMED TO BE STATES.—
In the case of a program referred to in subsection
(h) under which assistance is provided with respect
to an Indian Tribe, the Indian tribal organization is
deemed to be the State.
(2) BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS
OF
THE
LEGAL
SERVICES CORPORATION DEEMED TO BE A FEDERAL
OFFICER.—The Board of Directors of the Legal
Services Corporation is deemed to be the officer of
the Federal Government responsible for the adminis-
tration of the program referred to in subsection
(h)(67).
(h) PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
The programs referred to in this subsection are the follow-
ing:
(1) The program of medical assistance under
title XIX of the Social Security Act.
(2) The Maternal and Child Health Services
Block Grant Program under title V of the Social Se-
curity Act.
(3) The program established in section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act (relating to commu-
nity health centers).
(4) The program established in section 1001 of
the Public Health Service Act (relating to family
planning methods and services).
(5) The program of cash and medical assistance
to refugees and Cuban/Haitian entrants under sec-
tion 412(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1522(e)) and through the exercise of au-
thority under section 501(a) of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422).
(6) The program established in section 329 of
the Public Health Service Act (relating to migrant
health centers).
(7) The program of aid and services to needy
families with children under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act.
(8) The child welfare services program under
part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.
(9) The supplemental security income program
under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
(10) The program of foster care and adoption
assistance under part E of title IV of the Social Se-
curity Act.
(11) The food stamp program, as defined in
section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2012(h)).
(12) The school lunch program carried out
under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.).
(13) The special supplemental food program for
women, infants, and children carried out under sec-
tion 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786).
(14) The nutrition programs carried out under
part C of title III of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030e et seq.).
(15) The school breakfast program carried out
under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1773).
(16) The child and adult care food program
carried out under section 17 of the National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766).
(17) The Emergency Food Assistance Act of
1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note).
(18) The summer food service program for chil-
dren carried out under section 13 of the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).
(19) The commodity supplemental food pro-
gram authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C.
612c note).
(20) The special milk program carried out
under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1772).
(21) The program of rental assistance on behalf
of low-income families provided under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f).
(22) The program of assistance to public hous-
ing under title I of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.).
(23) The loan program under section 502 of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472).
(24) The program of interest reduction pay-
ments pursuant to contracts entered into by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development under
section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–1).
(25) The program of loans for rental and coop-
erative housing under section 515 of the Housing
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485).
(26) The program of rental assistance pay-
ments pursuant to contracts entered into under sec-
tion 521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)(A)).
(27) The program of assistance payments on
behalf of homeowners under section 235 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z).
(28) The program of rent supplement payments
on behalf of qualified tenants pursuant to contracts
entered into under section 101 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s).
(29) The loan and grant programs under sec-
tion 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1474) for repairs and improvements to rural dwell-
ings.
(30) The loan and assistance programs under
sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486) for housing for farm labor.
(31) The program of grants for preservation
and rehabilitation of housing under section 533 of
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490m).
(32) The program of grants and loans for mu-
tual and self-help housing and technical assistance
under section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490c).
(33) The program of site loans under section
524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490d).
(34) The program under part B of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(35) The program under subpart 1 of part A of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(36) The programs under the Head Start Act
(42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).
(37) The program under part C of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(38) The program under subpart 3 of part A of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(39) The programs under the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act.
(40) The programs for migrant children under
sections 1201 through 1203 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2781–
83).
(41) The program under chapter 1 of subpart
2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act
of 1965.
(42) The program under part E of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(43) The program under subpart 4 of part A of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(44) The program under title IX of the Higher
Education Act of 1965.
(45) The program under subpart 5 of part A of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(46) The program under chapter 1 of title I of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965.
(47) The programs under the Follow Through
Act (42 U.S.C. 9861–9877).
(48) The programs established in sections 338A
and 338B of the Public Health Service Act and the
programs established in part A of title VII of such
Act (relating to loans and scholarships for education
in the health professions).
(49) The program established in section
317(j)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (relating
to grants for immunizations against vaccine-prevent-
able diseases).
(50) The program established in section 317A
of the Public Health Service Act (relating to grants
for screening, referrals, and education regarding
leading poisoning in infants and children).
(51) The program established in part A of title
XIX of the Public Health Service Act (relating to
block grants for preventive health and health serv-
ices).
(52) The programs established in subparts I
and II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health
Service Act.
(53) The programs under part C of title IV of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 3081–3112).
(54) The programs carried out under the Child
Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Act
of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 10901 et seq.).
(55)(A) The program of training for disadvan-
taged adults and youth under part A of title II of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.), as in effect before July 1, 1993.
(B)(i) The program of training for disadvan-
taged adults under part A of title II of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),
as in effect on and after July 1, 1993.
(ii) The program of training for disadvantaged
youth under part C of title II of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), as in ef-
fect on and after July 1, 1993.
(56) The Job Corps program under part B of
title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1692 et seq.).
(57) The summer youth employment and train-
ing programs under part B of title II of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1630 et seq.).
(58) The programs carried out under the Older
American Community Service Employment Act (42
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).