coordinating council on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention

coordinating council on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention Sec. 206. (a) (1) There is hereby established, as an independent organization in the executive branch of the Federal Government a Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) composed of the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Labor, the Director of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or their respective designees, the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and representatives of such other agencies as the President shall designate. (2) Any individual designated under this section shall be selected from individuals who exercise significant decisionmaking authority in the Federal agency involved. (b) The Attorney General shall serve as Chairman of the Council. The Assistant Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall serve as Vice Chairman of the Council. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence of the Chairman. (c) The function of the Council shall be to coordinate all Federal juvenile delinquency programs. The Council shall make recommendations to the Attorney General and the President at least annually with respect to the coordination of overall policy and development of objectives and priorities for all Federal juvenile delinquency programs and activities. 88 Stat. 1117 (d) The Council shall meet a minimum of six times per year and a description of the activities of the Council shall be included in the annual report required by section 204(b) (5) of this title. (e) (1) The Chairman shall, with the approval of the Council, appoint an Executive Secretary of the Council. (2) The Executive Secretary shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Council. (3) The Executive Secretary may, with the approval of the Council, appoint such personnel as he considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. (f) Members of the Council who are employed by the Federal Government full time shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in carrying out the duties of the Council. (g) To carry out the purposes of this section there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary.