41 CFR § 105-54.304 - Cost guidelines.

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title: "41 CFR § 105-54.304 - Cost guidelines."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "105-54.304"
section_name: "Cost guidelines."
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION"
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part_name: "54—ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT"
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authority: "Pub. L. 92-463 dated October 6, 1972, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552."
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# 105-54.304 Cost guidelines.

(a) The reporting and estimating of the costs of advisory committees include direct obligations for the following items:

(1) Pay compensation of committee members; consultants to the committee; all permanent, temporary, or part-time (GM, GS, WB, or other) positions which are a part of or support the committee; and all overtime related to committee functions (Compensation should reflect actual or estimated Federal person-years or parts thereof devoted to a committee's activities. It includes the compensation of Federal employees assigned to committees, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, from agencies or departments other than to which the committee reports.);

(2) Personnel benefits associated with the above compensation (13 percent of basic payroll);

(3) Travel costs (including per diem) of committee members; consultants; and all permanent, temporary, or part-time positions which are a part of or support the committee;

(4) Transportation of things, communications, and printing and reproduction;

(5) Rent for additional space acquired for committee use;

(6) Other services required by the committee, including data processing services, management studies and evaluations, contractual services, and reimbursable services; and

(7) Supplies, materials, and equipment acquired for committee use.

(b) The reporting and estimating of the cost of advisory committees does not include indirect or overhead costs; e.g., the costs of the committee management system (committee management officers, etc.).