(3) MONITORING
ACTIVITIES.—The Advisory
Committee shall monitor the payments made to eligi-
ble States and eligible countries pursuant to this Act
and submit to the congressional committees specified
in paragraph (1) an annual report describing the
amounts and sources of such payments and con-
taining such comments as the Advisory Committee
may have regarding such payments.
(4) TESTIMONY.—The Advisory Committee
shall make itself available for testimony or com-
ments on the report required by paragraph (1) and
its recommendations, and on any legislation or regu-
lations to implement the recommendations, in any
congressional hearings or any rulemaking or other
administrative decision process.
(d) ORGANIZATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
(1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the
Advisory Committee shall be selected from among
the members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (4)
and (5) of subsection (b).
(2) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the member-
ship of the Advisory Committee shall be filled in the
same manner as required by subsection (b). A va-
cancy shall not impair the right of the remaining
members to perform the functions authorized by
subsection (c).
(3) COMPENSATION.—The members of the Ad-
visory Committee who are not officers or employees
of the United States, while attending meetings or
other events held by the Advisory Committee or at
which the members serve as representatives of the
Advisory Committee or while otherwise serving at
the request of the Chairperson, shall each be entitled
to receive compensation at a rate not in excess of
the maximum rate of pay for grade GS–18, as pro-
vided in the General Schedule under section 5532 of
title 5, United States Code, including traveltime,
and while away from their homes or regular places
of business shall each be reimbursed for travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence as
authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States
Code, for persons in Government service employed
intermittently.
(e) STAFF AND RULES.—
(1) 
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.—The 
Advisory
Committee shall have an Executive Director, who
shall be appointed (without regard to the provisions
of title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service) by the Advisory
Committee and serve at the pleasure of the Advisory
Committee. The Executive Director shall report to
the Advisory Committee and assume such duties as
the Advisory Committee may assign. The Executive
Director shall be paid at a rate of pay for grade
GS–18, as provided in the General Schedule under
5332 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) OTHER STAFF.—In addition to authority to
appoint personnel subject to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments to the
competitive service, and to pay such personnel in ac-
cordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates, the
Advisory Committee shall have authority to enter
into contracts with private or public organizations
which may furnish the Advisory Committee with
such administrative and technical personnel as may
be necessary to carry out the functions authorized
by subsection (c).
(3) COMMITTEE RULES.—The Advisory Com-
mittee may establish such procedural and adminis-
trative rules as are necessary for the performance of
the functions authorized by subsection (c).
(f) FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATION.—The heads of
the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the ex-
ecutive branch of the Federal Government shall cooperate
with the Advisory Committee in the performance of its
functions under subsection (c) and shall furnish to the Ad-
visory Committee information which the Advisory Com-
mittee deems necessary to carry out such functions.
(g) COMMITTEE TERMINATION.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall terminate three years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that the payments to eligi-
ble States and eligible counties required by this Act should
be replaced by a long-term solution to generate payments
conforming to the guidance provided by section 7(c)(2)
and that any promulgation of regulations or enactment of
legislation to establish such method should be completed
within two years after the date of submission of the report
required by section 7(c)(1).
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such
sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) REPEAL OF SAFETY NET PAYMENTS.—Sections
13982 and 13983 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–66; 16 U.S.C. 500 note;
43 U.S.C. 1181f note) are repealed.
(b) PAYMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT LAND.—Section
6903(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(D)
through (J) as subparagraphs (E) through (K), re-
spectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) the County Schools Funding Revital-
ization Act of 1999;’’.
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