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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 2182 (Introduced in Senate) — To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a national evictions database, and for other p... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Advisory Committee

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The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the Committee on Eviction Research (in this section referred to as the Committee ) to advise the Secretary on matters relating to— the creation, operation, maintenance, methodology, and privacy matters of the statistical efforts relating to the database established under section 5; developing a research agenda to determine the causes and consequences of evictions; and disseminating information with regard to policies or practices that reduce the number of evictions or mitigate the consequences of evictions.
The Committee shall be composed of 16 members who shall be appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, of whom— 2 members shall be employees of the Department with expertise in housing data and an interest in issues relating to evictions and housing instability; 3 members shall be landlords or representatives of landlords, at least 1 of whom shall be a small or independent landlord or a representative of small or independent landlords; 4 members shall be from the academic or research community; 3 members shall be from civil society, of whom— not less than 2 shall be from entities that advocate for civil rights related to housing or eviction; and not less than 1 shall have experienced eviction; 2 members shall be from private industry, civil society, or the academic community with backgrounds in data science and privacy; and 2 members shall be individuals with specific knowledge of and expertise in eviction law and court procedures.
The Secretary shall appoint a chair of the Committee from among the members of the Committee. A member of the Committee shall be appointed for a period of 2 years. A vacancy in the Committee— shall not affect the powers of the Committee; and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The Committee shall meet in person or via electronic conference not less frequently than once every 2 months. In carrying out the duties of the Committee, the Committee may— hold such hearings, sit, and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Committee determines to be appropriate; issue reports, guidelines, and memoranda; hold or host conferences and symposia; enter into cooperative agreements with third-party experts to obtain relevant advice or expertise, and oversee staff; establish subcommittees; and establish rules of procedure.
The Committee may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. The members of the Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Committee. The chair of the Committee may, without regard to the civil service laws (including regulations), appoint and terminate an executive director and such other additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties, except that the employment of an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the Commission.
The chair of the Committee may fix the compensation of the executive director and other personnel without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive director and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that title. Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Committee terminates, the Committee shall submit to the Secretary a report containing— recommendations for statistical efforts relating to the database established under section 5, including how additional data may potentially be collected, consistent with civil rights protections, to understand eviction trends by race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, age, and immigration status; and a research agenda to determine the causes and consequences of evictions and to illuminate policies or practices that reduce the number of evictions or mitigate the consequences of evictions, including an assessment of the housing challenges resulting from the prohibition on public housing participation due to the prior eviction of an individual.
The amounts necessary to carry out this section shall be derived from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary.
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