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 PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 (3) This section does not affect a lawful effort to achieve equal employment opportunity through affirmative action. (g) An officer or employee of the General Accounting Office completing at least one year of continuous service under a nontemporary appointment under the personnel management system acquires a competitive status for appointment to a position in the competitive service for which the officer or employee is qualified. § 733. Senior Executive Service (a) The Comptroller General may establish a General Accounting Office Senior Executive Service— (1) meeting the requirements of section 3131 of title 5; (2) providing requirements for positions consistent with section 3132(a)(2) of title 5; (3) providing rates of basic pay— (A) not more than the maximum rate or less than the minimum rate for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5; and (B) adjusted at the same time and to the same extent as rates in the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5 are adjusted; (4) providing a performance appraisal system consistent with subchapter II of chapter 43 of title 5; (5) allowing the Comptroller General to award ranks to officers and employees in the Office Senior Executive Service consistent with section 4507 of title 5; (6) providing for removal consistent with section 3592 of title 5, and for removal or suspension consistent with section 7543 of title 5; and (7) allowing the Comptroller General to pay performance awards to officers and employees of the Office Senior Executive Service consistent with section 5384 of title 5. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the Comptroller General may apply any part of title 5 that applies to an applicant for or officer or employee in the Senior Executive Service under title 5 to the Office Senior Executive Service. (c) The Office Senior Executive Service may include positions referred to in section 731(c), (d), or (e)(2) of this title. (d) Section 732(b)(6), (c), (d) (1H4), and (e) of this title does not apply to the Office Senior Executive Service. § 734. Assignments and details to Congress (a) The Comptroller General may assign or detail an officer or employee of the General Accounting Office to full-time continuous duty with a committee of Congress for not more than one year. (b) A committee of the Senate or a joint committee of Congress for which the Secretary of the Senate disburses amounts shall reimburse the Comptroller General for the pay of each officer or employee of the Office for the time the officer or employee is assigned or detailed to the committee or joint committee. § 735. Relationship to other laws (a) Except as provided in section 733(c) of this title, this subchapter and subchapter IV of this chapter do not affect sections 702(b), 703, 731 (c)-(e), 772, 775 (a) and (d) of this title. (b) Except as specifically provided in this subchapter and subchapter IV of this chapter, those subchapters do not change the

96 STAT. 899

Competitive status.

5 USC 3131. 5 USC 3132.

5 USC 5382.

5 USC 4311. 5 USC 4507. 5 USC 3592. 5 USC 7543. 5 USC 5384. 5 USC lOi.

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