---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12374"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12374"
heading: "Conference committees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12374"
units:
  - "Chapter 127 — Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families"
  - "Subchapter II — White House Conference on Children, Youth, and Families"
---

# §12374. Conference committees

- (a) **Advisory committee—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/12302.md?p=4) shall establish an [advisory committee](/usc/42/17061.md?p=2) to the [Conference](/usc/42/12376.md?p=1) which shall include representatives from the Federal [Council](/usc/42/12302.md?p=2) on Children, [Youth](/usc/42/12376.md?p=2), and Families, [public agencies](/usc/42/11851.md?p=8) and [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) private organizations as appropriate.
- (b) **Other committees—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/12302.md?p=4) may establish such other committees, including technical committees, as may be necessary to assist in the planning, conducting, and reviewing of the [Conference](/usc/42/12376.md?p=1).
- (c) **Composition of committees—** Each committee established under this section shall be composed of professionals and public members, and shall include individuals from low-income families and from minority groups.
- (d) **Compensation—** Members of any committee established under this section (other than any officers or employees of the Federal Government), while attending [conferences](/usc/42/12376.md?p=1) or meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the request of the [Secretary](/usc/42/12302.md?p=4), shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the [Secretary](/usc/42/12302.md?p=4), but not to exceed the daily rate payable for GS–18 of the General Schedule under [section 5332 of title 5](/usc/5/5332.md) (including travel time). While away from their homes or regular places of business, such members may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized under [section 5703](/usc/5/5703.md) of such title for persons employed intermittently in Federal Government service.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 985, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1282.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under section 8621 of this title.

### Termination of Advisory Committees

Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### 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.