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 93 STAT. 1356 Infra. 26 USC 9001 et seq., 9031 et seq. Meetings. Rules, seal, principal office.

Staff director; general counsel.

Temporary and intermittent

Assistance from other agencies.

Legal actions.

5 USC 5101 et seq., 5331.

PUBLIC LAW 96-187—JAN. 8, 1980

take any action in accordance with paragraph (6), (7), (8), or (9) of section 307(a) of this Act or with chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. "(d) The Commission shall meet at least once each month and also at the call of any member. "(e) The Commission shall prepare written rules for the conduct of its activities, shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed, and shall have its principal office in or near the District of Columbia (but it may meet or exercise any of its powers an3rwhere in the United States). "(0(1) The Commission shall have a staff director and a general counsel who shall be appointed by the Commission. The staff director shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay in effect for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315). The general counsel shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay in effect for level V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316). With the approval of the Commission, the staff director may appoint and fix the pay of such additional personnel as he or she considers desirable without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. "(2) With the approval of the Commission, the staff director may procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule (5 U.S.a 5332). "(3) In carrying out its responsibilities under this Act, the Commission shall, to the fullest extent practicable, avail itself of the assistance, including personnel and facilities of other agencies and departments of the United States. The heads of such agencies and departments may make available to the Commission such personnel, facilities, and other assistance, with or without reimbursement, as the Commission may request. "(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the Commission is authorized to appear in and defend against any action instituted under this Act, either (A) by attorneys employed in its office, or (B) by counsel whom it may appoint, on a temporary basis as may be necessary for such purpose, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and whose compensation it may fix without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title. The compensation of counsel so appointed on a temporary basis shall be paid out of any funds otherwise available to pay the compensation of employees of the Commission.". POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

Ante, p. 1354.

SEC. 106. Section 307, as so redesignated in section 105(a)(3), is amended to read as follows: POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

2 USC 437d.

"SEC. 307. (a) The Commission has the power— "(1) to require by special or general orders, any person to submit, under oath, such written reports and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe; "(2) to administer oaths or affirmations;

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