# § 12374. Conference committees
**(a)** **Advisory committee** The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to the Conference which shall include representatives from the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families, public agencies and nonprofit private organizations as appropriate.
**(b)** **Other committees** The Secretary may establish such other committees, including technical committees, as may be necessary to assist in the planning, conducting, and reviewing of the Conference.
**(c)** **Composition of committees** Each committee established under this section shall be composed of professionals and public members, and shall include individuals from low-income families and from minority groups.
**(d)** **Compensation** section 5332 of title 5
Members of any committee established under this section (other than any officers or employees of the Federal Government), while attending conferences or meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not to exceed the daily rate payable for GS–18 of the General Schedule under (including travel time). While away from their homes or regular places of business, such members may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized under section 5703 of such title for persons employed intermittently in Federal Government service.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 985, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1282.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under .
### Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees established after , to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See , Government Organization and Employees.
### References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of , set out in a note under .