advisory council on public assistance

advisory council on public assistance Sec. 704. (a) There is hereby established an Advisory Council on Public Assistance for the purpose of reviewing the status of the public assistance program in relation to the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, the fiscal capacities of the States and the Federal Government, and any other factors bearing on the amount and proportion of the Federal and State shares in the public assistance program. (b) The Council shall be appointed by the Secretary before January 1959 without regard to the civil-service laws and shall consist of the Commissioner of Social Security, as chairman, and of twelve other persons who shall, to the extent possible, represent employers and employees in equal numbers, persons concerned with the administration or financing of the State and Federal programs, other persons with special knowledge, experience, or qualifications with respect to the program, and the public. (c) (1) The Council is authorized to engage such technical assistance, as may be required to carry out its functions, and the Secretary shall, in addition, make available to the Council such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such other pertinent data prepared by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as it may require to carry out such functions. (2) Members of the Council, while serving on business of the Council (inclusive of travel time), shall receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $50 per day; and shall be entitled to receive actual and necessary traveling expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence while so serving away from their places of residence. (d) The Council shall make a report of its findings and recommendations (including recommendations for changes in the provisions of sections 3, 403, 1003, and 1403 of the Social Security Act) to the Secretary and the Congress, such report to be submitted not later than January 1, 1960, after which date such Council shall cease to exist.