# § 4025. Flood insurance advisory committee
**(a)** **Appointment; duties** The Administrator shall appoint a flood insurance advisory committee without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and such committee shall advise the Administrator in the preparation of any regulations prescribed in accordance with this chapter and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this chapter, and shall perform such other responsibilities as the Administrator may, from time to time, assign to such committee.
**(b)** **Membership** Such committee shall consist of not more than fifteen persons and such persons shall be selected from among representatives of—
**(1)** the insurance industry,
**(2)** State and local governments,
**(3)** lending institutions,
**(4)** the homebuilding industry, and
**(5)** the general public.
**(c)** **Compensation and travel expenses** section 5703 of title 5
Members of the committee shall, while attending conferences or meetings thereof, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Administrator but not exceeding $100 per day, including traveltime, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as is authorized under for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–448, title XIII, § 1318, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 581; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 451(d)(1)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1229; Pub. L. 112–141, div. F, title II, § 100238(b)(1), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 958.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original a reference to “this title” meaning title XIII of , , , known as the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
### Amendments
2012—Subsecs. (a), (c). substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing.
1983—Subsecs. (a), (c). substituted “Director” for “Secretary” wherever appearing.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective 120 days following , or such later date prescribed by the Secretary but in no event more than 180 days following , see , set out as a note under .
### Transfer of Functions
For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .
### Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees in existence on , to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following , 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 the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. 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 the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See , Government Organization and Employees.