---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8911"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "8911"
heading: "Advisory committee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8911"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
  - "Chapter 89 — Health Insurance"
---

# §8911. Advisory committee


The [Director](/usc/5/8401.md?p=8) of the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall appoint a committee composed of five [members](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20), who serve without [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4), to advise the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) regarding matters of concern to [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) under this chapter. Each [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of the committee shall be an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) enrolled under this chapter or an elected official of an [employee organization](/usc/5/8901.md?p=8).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 607; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(1), (4), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224, 1225.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 3012. | Sept. 28, 1959, Pub. L. 86–382, § 13, 73 Stat. 716. |

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Director of the Office of Personnel Management” for “Chairman of the Civil Service Commission” and “Office” for “Commission”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

### Termination of Advisory Committees

Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, 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 the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of this title.