Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 15 — Office of Technology Assessment
§ 474. Director of Office of Technology Assessment
Statutory text
Appointment; term; compensation
The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve for a term of six years unless sooner removed by the Board. He shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5.
Powers and duties
In addition to the powers and duties vested in him by this chapter, the Director shall exercise such powers and duties as may be delegated to him by the Board.
Deputy Director; appointment; functions; compensation
The Director may appoint with the approval of the Board, a Deputy Director who shall perform such functions as the Director may prescribe and who shall be Acting Director during the absence or incapacity of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Director. The Deputy Director shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.
Restrictions on outside employment activities of Director and Deputy Director
Neither the Director nor the Deputy Director shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment than that of serving as such Director or Deputy Director, as the case may be; nor shall the Director or Deputy Director, except with the approval of the Board, hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Office makes any contract or other arrangement under this chapter.
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.
Technology Assessment Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–484 § 5 · 86 Stat. 797
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 474
(Pub. L. 92–484, § 5, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 799.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 92–484, § 5, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 799.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. director and deputy director (a) The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment Appointment. shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve for a term of six years unless sooner removed by the Board. He shall receive basic pay Compensation at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 83 Stat. 863. (b) Tn addition to the powers and duties vested in him by this Act, the Director shall exercise such powers and duties as may be delegated to him by the Board. (c) The Director may appoint with the approval of the Board, a Deputy Director who shall perform such functions as the Director may prescribe and who shall be Acting Director during the absence or incapacity of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Director. The Deputy Director shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level TV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. (d) Neither the Director nor the Deputy Director shall engage in Employment restriction. any other business, vocation, or employment than that of serving as such Director or Deputy Director, as the case may be; nor shall the Director or Deputy Director, except with the approval of the Board, hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Office, makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act.
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