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 112 STAT. 2681-213 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 5532 of such title with respect to membership on the commission. (5) STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.— (A) The chairman of the commission may, without regard to civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an executive director and up to three additional staff members as necessary to enable the commission to perform its duties. The chairman of the commission may fix the compensation of the executive director and other personnel without regard to the provisions of 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 may not exceed the maximum rate of pay for GS-15 under the General Schedule. (B) Upon the request of the chairman of the commission, the head of any department or agency of the Federal Government may detail, without reimbursement, any personnel of the department or agency to the commission to assist in carrying out its duties. The detail of sm employee shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege. (d) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—The commission shall terminate 30 days after the date on which the commission submits a final report. (e) FUNDING. —There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. SPECIAL AUTHORITIES AMENDMENT SEC. 592. The authority of section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may not be used during fiscal year 1999 for the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization to authorize the use of more than $35,000,000 of funds made available for use under that Act or the Arms Export Control Act. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN INDONESIA SEC. 593. (a) POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM. —It is the sense of Congress that— (1) expanding the availability of wheat, wheat products, and rice for distribution to the most needy and vulnerable Indonesians is vital to the well-being of all Indonesians; (2) the Administration should adopt a more active approach in support of democratic institutions and processes in Indonesia and provide assistance for continued economic and political development in Indonesia, including— (A) support for humanitarian programs; (B) leading a multinational effort to expand humanitarian and food aid programs to meet the needs of Indonesia; (C) working with international financial institutions to recapitalize and reform the banking system, restructure corporate debt, and introduce economic and legal treinsparency in Indonesia; (D) urging the Government of Indonesia to remove, to the maximum extent possible, barriers to trade and

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