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C!ompensation.

5 USC 5332 note. Travel expenses.

5 USC 101 et seq. 5 USC 5101 et seq., 5331, 5401 et seq.

5 USC 5332 note.

Travel expenses.

5 USC 8101 et seq. Employee detail.

Financial and administrative services by GSA.

29 USC 1001 note.

PUBLIC LAW 96-14—MAY 24, 1979 authorized to establish committees, and to delegate authority to them, when necessary to carry out its functions. (4) Members of the Commission who are full-time officers or employees of the United States shall serve without additional compensation, but shall continue to receive the salary of their regular positions when engaged in the performance of duties of the Commission. (5) When engaged in the performance of duties of the Commission, members of the Commission who are not full-time officers or employees of the United States shall be compensated at the maximum daily rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule. (6) All members of the Commission who are not otherwise employed by the Federal Government shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, incurred in the performance of duties of the Commission, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in Government service employed intermittently. (b) Subject to such rules as may be adopted by the Commission, the Chairman, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51, subchapter III of chapter 53, and chapter 54 of that title, relating to classification and pay, is authorized to— (1) appoint an Executive Director who shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate in effect for level V of the Executive Schedule set forth in section 5316 of title 5, United States Code; (2) appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, except that in no case shall employees be compensated at a rate in excess of the rate provided for employees in GS-17 of the General Schedule; and (3) procure such temporary and intermittent services of experts and consultants as are necessary, as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. (c) The Commission is authorized to accept and utilize the services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, but such personnel shall not be considered Federal employees for any purpose other than for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, and for purposes of sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28, United States Code. (d) Upon request of the Commission, the head of any executive department, agency or independent establishment of the United States is authorized to detail on a nonreimbursable basis its employees to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties. (e) Financial and administrative services (including those related to budget and accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) shall be provided to the Commission by the General Services Administration, for which payment shall be made in advance, or by reimbursement, from funds of the Commission, in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman of the Commission and the Administrator of General Services. SEC. 4. (a) Upon the request of the Commission, the head of each executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States that has an interest in or a responsibility with respect to the areas of the Commission's work shall appoint a liaison officer

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