other amendments relating to advisory councils

other amendments relating to advisory councils Sec. 517. (a) (1) Section 445 of the General Education Provisions Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) No employee of an advisory council, appointed and compensated pursuant to this section, shall be compensated at a rate in excess of that which such employee would receive if such employee were appointed subject to the appropriate provisions of title 5, United States Code, regarding appointments to, and compensation with respect to, the competitive service, except that— “(1) executive directors of Presidential advisory councils shall be compensated at the rate specified for employees placed in grade 18 of the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of such title 5; “(2) executive directors of all other statutory advisory councils shall be compensated at the rate provided for employees in grade 15 of such General Schedule; and “(3) in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Assistant Secretary, other employees of advisory councils shall be compensated at such rates as may be necessary to enable such advisory councils to accomplish their purposes.”. (2) Such section 445 is amended by striking out “Commissioner” where it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Assistant Secretary.” (b) Section 447(b) of the General Education Provisions Act is amended by striking out “each statutory advisory council” and inserting in lieu thereof “each advisory council which is subject to the operation of this part”.