10,000 members in all of the Great Lakes 
States or 1,000 members in any single Great 
Lakes State, to be appointed by the President, 
with consideration given to selecting representa-
tives reflecting the diverse nature of opinions 
throughout the Great Lakes States. 
(L) 8 shall be chief executives of cities, 
counties, or municipalities in the Great Lakes 
States and selected by the Steering Committee 
of the Great Lakes Cities Initiative, including 1 
member from each Great Lakes State. 
(2) NONVOTING OBSERVERS.—The Board may 
include nonvoting observers, including the following: 
(A) The Premiers of the Canadian Prov-
inces of Ontario and Quebec. 
(B) A representative of the Government of 
Canada. 
(C) A representative of the State Depart-
ment. 
(D) 2 representatives of the environmental 
community selected by the cochairpersons of the 
Board. 
(E) 2 representatives of industry selected 
by the cochairpersons of the Board.
(F) The Chairman of the United States 
section of the International Joint Committee. 
(G) The Vice Chair of the United States 
section of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. 
(3) ORGANIZATION.—The Board may organize 
itself into subcommittees. 
(4) DATE
OF
APPOINTMENTS.—The appoint-
ment of each member of the Board shall be made 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(5) TERM; VACANCIES.—
(A) TERM.—Each member to be appointed 
to the Board shall be appointed for a term of 
2 years. 
(B) 
VACANCIES.—A 
vacancy 
on 
the 
Board—
(i) shall not affect the powers of the 
Board; and 
(ii) shall be filled in the same manner 
as the original appointment was made. 
(6) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which all members of the Board 
have been appointed, the Board shall hold the initial 
meeting of the Board.
(7) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the 
call of the cochairpersons on at least a quarterly 
basis. 
(8) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Board shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser 
number of members may hold hearings. 
(9) COCHAIRPERSONS.—
(A) SELECTION.—The Board shall select 4 
cochairpersons of the Board, of which cochair-
persons—
(i) 2 shall be elected by the individ-
uals referred to in paragraph (1)(A) from 
among those individuals, each of whom 
shall be of different political parties; 
(ii) 1 shall be elected by the individ-
uals referred to in paragraph (1)(L) from 
among those individuals; and 
(iii) 1 shall be the Director of the 
Great Lakes National Program Office. 
(B) DUTIES.—A majority of the cochair-
persons shall—
(i) call meetings and hearings; and 
(ii) make administrative and per-
sonnel decisions. 
(10) SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP.—
(A) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall have 
a scientific working group composed of 1 indi-
vidual from each Great Lakes State, to be ap-
pointed by the Board. 
(B) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—Each 
individual 
appointed under subparagraph (A) shall be—
(i) a faculty member at a nationally 
accredited university with an accredited 
natural resources program; 
(ii) actively involved in a field related 
to Great Lakes ecology; and 
(iii) recommended to the Board by the 
university’s president. 
(C) DUTIES.—The scientific working group 
shall evaluate the scientific integrity of the 
Great Lakes restoration effort and assist the 
Board in its decisionmaking. The scientific 
working group shall use peer reviewed scientific 
research in carrying out its duties. 
(D) CHAIRPERSON
AND
VICE
CHAIR-
PERSON.—The scientific working group shall 
have a chairperson and vice chairperson elected 
by its members. 
(d) POWERS.—
(1) HEARINGS.—The Board may hold such 
hearings, meet and act at such times and places, 
take such testimony, and receive such evidence as 
the Board considers advisable to carry out this Act. 
(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board may obtain 
directly from a Federal agency such informa-
tion (including all existing information relating 
to the environmental restoration, protection, 
and recovery of the Great Lakes) as the Board 
considers necessary to carry out this Act. 
(B) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—On re-
quest of a cochairperson of the Board, the head 
of the agency shall provide the information de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) to the Board. 
(3) POSTAL
SERVICES.—The Board may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and 
under the same conditions as other agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
(4) GIFTS.—The Board may accept, use, and 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 
(e) BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.—
(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—
(A) NON-FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—Except 
as provided in paragraph (2), a member of the
Board who is not an officer or employee of the 
Federal Government shall serve without com-
pensation. 
(B) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), a member of the 
Board who is an officer or employee of the Fed-
eral Government shall serve without compensa-
tion in addition to the compensation received 
for the services of the member as an officer or 
employee of the Federal Government. 
(2) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—A member of the 
Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 
an employee of an agency under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 
away from the home or regular place of business of 
the member in the performance of the duties of the 
Board. 
(3) STAFF.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The cochairpersons of 
the Board may, without regard to the civil serv-
ice laws (including regulations), appoint and 
terminate an executive director and such other 
additional personnel as are necessary to enable 
the Board to perform the duties of the Board.
(B) CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTIVE DIREC-
TOR.—The employment of an executive director 
shall be subject to confirmation by the Board. 
(C) COMPENSATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the cochairpersons of the 
Board may fix the compensation of the ex-
ecutive director and other personnel with-
out regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code, relating to classifica-
tion of positions and General Schedule pay 
rates. 
(ii) MAXIMUM
RATE
OF
PAY.—The 
rate of pay for the executive director and 
other personnel shall not exceed the rate 
payable for level V of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(4) DETAIL
OF
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
EM-
PLOYEES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—An employee of the 
Federal Government may be detailed to the 
Board without reimbursement.
(B) CIVIL SERVICE STATUS.—The detail of 
the employee shall be without interruption or 
loss of civil service status or privilege. 
(5) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTER-
MITTENT
SERVICES.—The cochairpersons of the 
Board may procure temporary and intermittent serv-
ices in accordance with section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, at rates for individuals that do 
not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 
basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of that title. 
(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Board shall 
not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
(g) ANNUAL REPORT.—On or before December 31st 
of each year, the Board shall transmit to Congress a re-
port on the activities of the Board in the preceding year. 
SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT 
PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there-
after, the Great Lakes Advisory Board shall transmit to 
the President, the appropriate committees of Congress, 
the Governor of each Great Lakes State, and the Great