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General Counsel.

5 USC 101 et seq.

Conflict of interest.

Report to Congress.

Publication in Federal Register.

PUBLIC LAW 93-275-MAY 7, 1974

[88 STAT.

tion at the rate prescribed for offices and positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315). (e) There shall be in the Administration a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed for offices and positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315). (f)(1) There are authorized to be in the Administration not more than nine additional officers who shall be appointed by the Administrator and shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed for offices and positions at level V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316). (2) If any person, other than an officer within subsections (c), (d), or (e) of this section, is to be assigned principal responsibility for any program that shall be instituted in the Administration for either (i) allocation, (ii) pricing, (iii) rationing (if effected), or (iv) Federal and State coordination, he shall be one of the officers authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection except that he shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (3) Appointments to the positions described in this subsection may be made without regard to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code governing appointments in the competitive service. (g) Subject to subsection (f) of this section, officers appointed pursuant to this section shall perform such functions as the Administrator shall specify from time to time. (h) The Administrator shall designate the order in which the Deputy Administrators and other officials shall act for and perform the functions of the Administrator during his absence or disability or in the event of a vacancy in his office. (i)(l) For the purposes of this Act, section 208(b) of title 18, United States Code, relating to conflicts of interest, can be invoked and implemented only by the Administrator personally. Such subsection shall not be invoked as to any person unless and until— (A) the Congress has received, ten days prior thereto, a written report containing notice of the Administrator's intention so to invoke such subsection, a detailed statement of the subject matter concerning which a conflict exists; and in the case of an exemption set forth in clause (1) of such subsection, the nature of an officer's or employee's financial interest; or in the case of an exemption set forth in clause (2) of such subsection, the name and statement of financial interest of each person who will come within such exemption; and (B) such written report is published in the Federal Eegister. (2) Nothing contained in this subsection shall affect in any way the applicability or operation of other laws relating to officers and employees of the United States Government. (j) No individual holding any of the positions described in subsections (a), (c), (d), and (e) oi this section may also hold any other position in the executive branch during the same period. rUNCTIONS AND PURPOSES OF THE FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION

15 USC 764.

SEC. 5. (a) Subject to the provisions and procedures set forth in this Act, the Administrator shall be responsible for such actions as are

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