Advisory Board

(a) In general From the amounts available under section 2(b)(4), the Secretary of Labor shall establish within the Department of Labor an Advisory Board to carry out the duties listed in subsection (i). (b) Members (1) Number of members The Secretary shall determine the number of members to serve on the Advisory Board. (2) Appointment and expertise Each member of the Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor, and shall have expertise in designing and administering summer youth employment programs or experience in program evaluation and evidence-based policy in the workforce development field. (3) Terms (A) In general Each member shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, and may be reappointed for subsequent terms by the Secretary. (B) Vacancies Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A member may serve after the expiration of that member’s term until a successor has taken office. A vacancy in the Advisory Board shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. (c) Basic Pay (1) Rates of pay Except as provided in paragraph (2), Advisory Board Members and staff, including the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Director, shall each be paid at a rate determined by the Secretary. (2) Prohibition of compensation of federal employees Members of the Advisory Board who are full-time officers or employees of the United States may not receive additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on the Advisory Board. (d) Travel expenses Each member shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. (e) Quorum Fifty percent plus one members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings. (f) Chairperson; Vice Chairperson The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Advisory Board shall be designated by the Secretary at the time of the appointment. The term of office of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be 4 years. (g) Meetings The Advisory Board shall meet monthly and at the call of the Chairperson or a majority of its members. (h) Director and staff of Advisory Board; experts and consultants (1) Director The Advisory Board shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the Chairperson. (2) Staff The Advisory Board Chairperson may appoint additional personnel as they consider appropriate. Such staff shall provide specific oversight and guidance, pursuant to the functions of the Advisory Board under this section. (3) Applicability of certain civil service laws The Director and staff of the Advisory Board shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. (4) Experts and consultants The Advisory Board may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. (5) Staff of Federal Agencies Upon request of the Advisory Board, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the Advisory Board to assist it in carrying out its duties under this Act. (i) Duties The Advisory Board shall assist the Secretary in carrying out each of the following: (1) Application review Reviewing applications submitted by eligible entities under sections 4(d) and 5(b) to ensure that each eligible entity selected to receive a grant under this Act will use such grant as required under this Act. (2) Technical assistance (A) In general Providing technical assistance to eligible entities receiving grants under section 3, for the purpose of assisting such eligible entities to best implement the summer youth employment programs to be assisted with such grants, by identifying existing summer youth employment programs that demonstrate, through evaluations conducted under section 5(b) or through outside studies, that each of the program elements listed in section 3(d) and implemented under such programs have a significant impact on academic, economic, and criminal justice outcomes. (B) Working group Technical assistance may be provided under subparagraph (A) through the creation and administration of a working group of the administrators of eligible entities to share best practices regarding the implementation of summer youth employment programs. (3) Innovative program elements (A) Identifying program elements Identifying any innovative approaches to summer youth employment programs for purposes of paragraph (13) of section 4(d) that are not listed in section 4(d), which demonstrate or are reasonably expected to demonstrate evidence of improving the youth outcomes listed under section 3(a). (B) Approving new program elements Providing recommendations to the Secretary with respect to whether any new program element proposed by any eligible entity under section 4(d)(14) demonstrate or are reasonable expected to demonstrate such evidence. (4) Database of impact evaluations Publishing a database of completed evaluations conducted under section 5(b), which maintains evidence on the impact of programs (including the program elements of programs) supported with grants under this Act. (5) Program evaluations Providing assistance with respect to impact evaluations described in section 5(b)(3).