UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

SEC. 213. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. Section 604 of the United States Information and Education Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) is amended to read as follows: “united states advisory commission on public diplomacy “Sec. 604. (a) The United States Advisory Commission on International Communication, Cultural and Educational Affairs, established by section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977, is hereby redesignated as the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Commission”). “(b) The Commission shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the President. The members of the Commission shall represent the public interest and shall be selected from a cross section of educational, communications, cultural, scientific, technical, public service, labor and business, and professional backgrounds. The President shall designate a member to chair the Commission. “(c) The Commission shall have a staff director who shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Commission. Subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Commission, the Chairman of the Commission may— “(1) appoint such additional personnel for the staff of the Commission as the Chairman deems necessary; and “(2) procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. “(d) This section shall enter into force on January 20, 1989. Any provisions of section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977 inconsistent with this section shall no longer have legal effect on that date. The prohibition limiting membership of individuals from the same political party is repealed.”.