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 114 STAT. 900 PUBLIC LAW 106-286—OCT. 10, 2000 (2) the Chairman and Cochairman shall each have the authority to appoint, with the approval of the personnel and administration committee, at least four professional staff members who shall be responsible to the Chairman or the Cochairman (as the case may be) who appointed them. Subject to subsection (d), the personnel and administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other personnel as it considers desirable. (c) STAFF APPOINTMENTS. —All staff appointments shall be made without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and general schedule pay rates. (d) QUALIFICATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF.— The personnel and administration committee shall ensure that the professional staff of the Commission consists of persons with expertise in areas including human rights, internationaly recognized worker rights, international economics, law (including international law), rule of law and other foreign assistance programming, Chinese politics, economy and culture, and the Chinese language. (e) COMMISSION EMPLOYEES AS CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. — (1) IN GENERAL.— For purposes of pay and other employ- ment benefits, rights, and privileges, and for all other purposes, any employee of the Commission shall be considered to be a congressional employee as defined in section 2107 of title 5, United States Code. (2) COMPETITIVE STATUS.—For purposes of section 3304(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, employees of the Commission shall be considered as if they are in positions in which they are paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 22 USC 6919. SEC. 309. PRINTDSTG AND BINDING COSTS. For purposes of costs relating to printing and binding, including the costs of personnel detailed from the Government Printing Office, the Commission shall be deemed to be a committee of the Congress. TITLE IV—MONITORING AND ENFORCE- MENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA'S WTO COMMITMENTS Subtitle A—Review of Membership of the People's Republic of China in the WTO 22 USC 693L SEC. 401. REVIEW WITHIN THE WTO. It shall be the objective of the United States to obtain as part of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China to the WTO, an annual review within the WTO of the compliance by the People's Republic of China with its terms of accession to the WTO.

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