8 1 "Board") and a Director of the Institute (hereinafter re 2 ferred to as the "Director"). 3 4 NATIONAL MUSEUM SERVICES BOARD SEC. 204. (a) The Board shall consist of fifteen mem 5 bers appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 6 consent of the Senate, and the following ex officio members: 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 (1) the Director; (2) the Librarian of Congress; (3) the Archivist of the United States; (4) the Commissioner of Education; (5) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; (6) the Director of the National Gallery of Art; (7) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; and (8) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 17 The appointed members of the Board shall be broadly rep18 resentative of the curatorial, education, and cultural resources 19 of the United States and of the general public. 20 (b) The term of office of appointed members of the 21 Board shall be five years, except that (1) any such member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only such portion of a term as shall not have been expired at the time of such appointment; and (2) in the case of initial members, three shall serve 9 1 for terms of four years, three shall serve terms of three 2 years, three shall serve terms of two years, and three 4 Any appointed member who has been a member of the Board 5 for more than seven consecutive years shall thereafter be 6 ineligible for reappointment to the Board during the three7 year period following the expiration of the last such consecu8 tive year. 9 (c) The Chairman of the Board shall be designated by 10 the President from among the appointed members of the 11 Board. Eight appointed members of the Board shall consti12 tute a quorum. (d) The Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman, except that (1) it shall meet not less than four times each year; (2) in cases where the Director determines that a meeting of the Board is necessary, it shall meet whenever one-third of the total number of members request a meeting in writing, in which event one-half of the total number of members shall constitute a quorum; and (3) whenever one-third of the appointed members request a meeting in writing, it shall meet, in which event one-third of the appointed members shall consti 23 24 tute a quorum. 10 1 Ex officio members of the Board shall not have a vote on the 2 Board. 3 (e) Members of the Board who are not in the regular 4 full-time employ of the United States shall receive, while en5 gaged in the business of the Board, compensation for service 6 at a rate to be fixed by the President, except that such rate 7 shall not exceed the rate specified at the time of such service 8 for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, United States 9 Code, including traveltime, and, while so serving away from 10 their homes or regular places of business, they may be 11 allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub12 sistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United 13 States Code, for persons employed in Government service. (f) The Board shall have the responsibility for the gen15 eral policies with respect to the powers, duties, and authori16 ties vested in the Institute under this title. The Director 17 shall make available to the Board such information and 18 assistance as may be necessary to enable the Board to carry 19 out its functions. 14 20 2 2 2 2 21 DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE SEC. 205. (a) The Director of the Institute shall be 22 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con23 sent of the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the 24 President. The Director shall be compensated at the rate pro25 vided for level V, United States Code, and shall perform 55-490 O-75-2 11 1 such duties and exercise such powers as the Board may 2 prescribe. 3 (b) There shall be a Deputy Director of the Institute 4 who shall be appointed by the President and shall serve at 5 the pleasure of the President. The Deputy Director shall be 6 compensated at the rate provided for grade 18 of the General 7 Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5, United States 8 Code. The Deputy Director shall exercise such powers as the Director may prescribe, and the Deputy Director shall 10 serve as Director during the absence or disability of the 11 Director, or in the event of a vacancy in the Office of Direc 9 12 13 tor. The position created by this paragraph shall be in addition to the number of positions placed in grade 18 of the General Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, United 15 States Code. 14 16 17 ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE SEC. 206. (a) The Director, subject to the manage 18 ment of the Board, is authorized to make grants to museums 19 to increase and improve museum services, through such 20 activities as— 222 21 23 24 (1) projects to enable museums to construct or install displays, interpretations, and exhibitions in order to improve their services to the public; (2) assisting them in developing and maintaining 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12 professionally-trained or otherwise experienced staff to meet their needs; (3) assisting them to meet their administrative costs in preserving and maintaining their collections, exhibiting them to the public, and providing educational programs to the public through the use of their collections; (4) assisting museums in cooperation with each other in the development of traveling exhibitions, meeting transportation costs, and identifying and locating collections available for loan; (5) assisting them in conservation of artifacts and art objects; and (6) developing and carrying out specialized programs for specific segments of the public such as programs for urban neighborhoods, rural areas, Indian reservations, penal and other State institutions. (b) Grants under this section may not exceed 75 per 19 centum of the cost of the program for which the grant is 20 made. SEC. 207. The Institute shall have authority to accept in 23 the name of the United States, grants, gifts, or bequests of 25 tions of the Institute. Such grants, gifts, or bequests, after |