---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 4512"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "4512"
heading: "President and Executive Secretary of Foundation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/4512"
units:
  - "Chapter 57 — James Madison Memorial Fellowship Program"
---

# §4512. President and Executive Secretary of Foundation

- (a)
  - (1) The [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1) may appoint a President of the [Foundation](/usc/20/4514.md?p=2) to serve full-time or part-time and for such a term as the [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1) shall determine.
  - (2) The President shall carry out such of the functions and duties of the [Foundation](/usc/20/4514.md?p=2) as the [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1) may determine, subject to the supervision and direction of the [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1).
  - (3) The President shall be compensated at a rate to be determined by the [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1) without regard to subchapter III of [chapter 53](/usc/5/chptIII/sptD/ch53.md) of title 5, not to exceed the rate for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of that title.
  - (4) Sections 5532,[^1] 8344, and [8468](/usc/5/8468.md) of title 5 shall not apply to a person while such person is serving as President of the [Foundation](/usc/20/4514.md?p=2).
- (b)
  - (1) There shall be an Executive [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4) of the [Foundation](/usc/20/4514.md?p=2) who shall be appointed by the [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1).
  - (2) The Executive [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4) shall be the chief operating officer of the [Foundation](/usc/20/4514.md?p=2) and shall carry out the functions of the [Foundation](/usc/20/4514.md?p=2) subject to the supervision and direction of the [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1) or the President, as determined by the [Board](/usc/20/4514.md?p=1).
  - (3) The Executive [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4) shall be compensated at the rate specified for employees placed in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule set forth in [section 5332 of title 5](/usc/5/5332.md).

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 813], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–80, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 813], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–80; Pub. L. 101–208, § 2, Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1836; Pub. L. 101–557, title V, § 501, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2771; Pub. L. 101–589, title II, § 253, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2895.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 5532 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), was repealed by Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 651(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 664.

### Codification

Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 101–557 and Pub. L. 101–589 amended par. (4) identically, striking out at end “The first sentence of this paragraph shall not, in the case of any individual, apply longer than December 31, 1990.”

1989—Pub. L. 101–208 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows:

“(a) There shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation who shall be appointed by the Board. The Executive Secretary shall be the chief executive officer of the Foundation and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board.

“(b) The Executive Secretary of the Foundation shall be compensated at the rate specified for employees placed in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.