Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 74 — Competitiveness Policy Council
§ 4805. Executive Director and staff
Statutory text
Executive Director
The principal administrative officer of the Council shall be an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the Council and who shall be paid at a rate not to exceed GS–18 of the General Schedule.
The Executive Director shall serve on a full-time basis.
Staff
Within the limitations of appropriations to the Council, the Executive Director may appoint a staff for the Council in accordance with the Federal civil service and classification laws.
The staff of the Council shall be deemed to be special government employees as defined in section 202 of title 18 for purposes of title II of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 1 and sections 201, 202, 203, 205, 207, and 208 of title 18.
Experts and consultants
The Council may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay for GS–16 of the General Schedule.
Details
Upon request of the Council, the head of any other Federal agency is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency to the Council to assist the Council in carrying out its duties under this chapter.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Competitiveness Policy Council Act
Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5206 · 102 Stat. 1107
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4805
Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5206, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1459
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5206, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1459Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5206. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF. (a) Executive Director.— (1) The principal administrative officer of the Council shall be an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the Council and who shall be paid at a rate not to exceed GS–18 of the General Schedule. (2) The Executive Director shall serve on a full-time basis. (b) Staff.— (1) Within the limitations of appropriations to the Council, the Executive Director may appoint a staff for the Council in accordance with the Federal civil service and classification laws. (2) The staff of the Council shall be deemed to be special government employees as defined in section 202 of title 18, United States Code, for purposes of title II of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and sections 201, 202, 203, 205, 207, and 208 of title 18, United States Code.Customs and Trade Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–382 title I § 133(b) · 104 Stat. 629
Added · 15 U.S.C. § 4805(c); 15 U.S.C. § 4805(d)
Pub. L. 101–382 added subsecs. (c) and (d)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 101–382 added subsecs. (c) and (d).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Executive Director and Staff.— Section 5206 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4805) is amended by adding the following new subsections: “(c) Experts and Consultants.— The Council may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay for GS-16 of the General Schedule. “(d) Details.— Upon request of the Council, the head of any other Federal agency is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency to the Council to assist the Council in carrying out its duties under this subtitle.”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Ethics in Government Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 95–521, , 92 Stat. 1824. Title II of the Act was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–194, title II, § 201, , 103 Stat. 1724. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1990—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 101–382 added subsecs. (c) and (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
Credits
1988–1990 · 2 acts
- 1988Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5206, , 102 Stat. 1459
- 1990Pub. L. 101–382, title I, § 133(b), , 104 Stat. 648.
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(Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5206, , 102 Stat. 1459; Pub. L. 101–382, title I, § 133(b), , 104 Stat. 648.)