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 PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 113 STAT. 475 Establishment. President. Deadline. 31 USC 901 note. SEC. 638. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 901 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(c)(1) There shall be within the Executive Office of the President a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be designated or appointed by the President from among individuals meeting the standards described in subsection (a)(3). The position of Chief Financial Officer established under this paragraph may be so established in any Office (including the Office of Administration) of the Executive Office of the President. "(2) The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under this subsection shall, to the extent that the President determines appropriate and in the interest of the United States, have the same authority and perform the same functions as apply in the case of a Chief Financial Officer of an agency described in subsection (b). "(3) The President shall submit to Congress notification with Notification. respect to any provision of section 902 that the President determines shall not apply to a Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under this subsection. "(4) The President may designate am employee of the Executive Office of the President (other than the Chief Financial Officer), who shall be deemed 'the head of the agenc/ for purposes of carrying out section 902, with respect to the Executive Office of the President.". (b) PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, the President shall communicate in writing, to the Chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations, the Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a plan for implementation of the provisions of, and amendments made by, this section. (c) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT. —The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under section 901(c) of title 31, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be so designated or appointed not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section. (d) PAY. —The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under such section shall receive basic pay at the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS. —(1) The President may transfer such offices, functions, powers, or duties thereof, as the President determines are properly related to the functions of the Chief Financial Officer under section 901(c) of title 31, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)). (2) The personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, of any office the functions, powers, or duties of which are transferred under paragraph (1) shall also be so transferred. (f) SEPARATE BUDGET REQUEST. —Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (30) the following new paragraph: "(31) a separate statement of the amount of appropriations requested for the Chief Financial Officer in the Executive Office of the President.". 31 USC 901 note. 31 USC 901 note. 31 USC 901 note.

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