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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 59 — Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program

§ 4709. Executive Secretary

Statutory text

(a)

Appointment by Board

There shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation who shall be appointed by the Board. The Executive Secretary shall be the chief executive officer of the Foundation and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. The Executive Secretary shall carry out such other functions consistent with the provisions of this chapter as the Board shall prescribe.

(b)

Compensation

The Executive Secretary of the Foundation shall serve as a noncareer appointee of the Senior Executive Service and shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383 of title 5.

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.

  1. Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act

    Pub. L. 99–661 div. A title XIV § 1410 · 100 Stat. 3816

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 4709

    Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1410, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4011

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1410, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4011

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1410. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (a) Appointment By Board.— There shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation who shall be appointed by the Board. The Executive Secretary shall be the chief executive officer of the Foundation and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. The Executive Secretary shall carry out such other functions consistent with the provisions of this title as the Board shall prescribe. (b) Compensation.— The Executive Secretary of the Foundation shall be compensated at the rate specified for employees in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

    Pub. L. 102–190 div. A title X § 1089(3) · 105 Stat. 1290

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 4709(b)

    Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “serve as a noncareer appointee of the Senior Executive Service and shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383” for “be compensated at the rate specified for employees in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “serve as a noncareer appointee of the Senior Executive Service and shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383” for “be compensated at the rate specified for employees in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 1410(b) (20 U.S.C. 4709(b)) is amended by striking out “be compensated” and all that follows through “section 5332” and inserting in lieu thereof “serve as a noncareer appointee of the Senior Executive Service and shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “serve as a noncareer appointee of the Senior Executive Service and shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383” for “be compensated at the rate specified for employees in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332”.

Credits

1986–1991 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1410, , 100 Stat. 4011
  2. 1991Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1089(3), , 105 Stat. 1485.
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(Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1410, , 100 Stat. 4011; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1089(3), , 105 Stat. 1485.)

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