§ 1702.7 - Staff—powers and limitations.

(a) Duties and powers of the Executive Director. The Executive Director directs and manages the staff in carrying out the directions of the Commission and the Chairman; represents the Commission before a variety of audiences including the Congress and its committees, the Executive Office of the President and other federal agencies, national and state associations of state and local officials, state and local governments, the media, schools and universities, and the general public; and undertakes and directs such other activities as the Executive Director and the Chairman of the Commission deem in the best interest of improved intergovernmental relations throughout the nation.

(b) Commission's role in drafting legislative materials. Any proposed legislation drafted by the staff to carry out Commission recommendations is to be approved by the Commission at a regularly scheduled Commission meeting before that material is transmitted to Congress, to state legislatures, to other interested groups, or to any other source.