There is established a Federal Interagency Committee on Education (hereafter referred to in this section as the "Committee"). The Committee shall assist the Secretary in providing a mechanism to assure that the procedures and actions of the Department and other Federal departments and agencies are fully coordinated.
The Committee shall study and make recommendations for assuring effective coordination of Federal programs, policies, and administrative practices affecting education, including-
The Committee shall be composed of the Secretary, who shall chair the Committee, and senior policy making officials from those Federal agencies, commissions, and boards that the President may find appropriate.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Executive Director of the Domestic Policy Staff may each designate a staff member to attend meetings of the Committee.
The Committee shall conduct a study concerning the progress, effectiveness, and accomplishments of Federal vocational education and training programs, and the need for improved coordination between all federally funded vocational education and training programs. The Committee shall report the findings of such study to the Secretary and the Congress within two years of October 17, 1979.
The Committee shall meet at least twice each year. The Secretary may establish subcommittees of the Committee to facilitate coordination in important areas of Federal activity.
The Secretary and the head of each agency represented on the Committee under subsection (c) shall furnish necessary assistance to the Committee.
20 U.S.C. § 3424
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, 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 for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
- Department
- the term "Department" means the Department of Education or any component thereof;
- Secretary
- the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education;
- function
- the term "function" includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program;
- office
- the term "office" includes any office, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.