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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC205i]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
            CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--METRIC CONVERSION
 
Sec. 205i. Personnel


(a) Executive Director; appointment; tenure; duties

    The Board shall appoint a qualified individual to serve as the 
Executive Director of the Board at the pleasure of the Board. The 
Executive Director, subject to the direction of the Board, shall be 
responsible to the Board and shall carry out the metric conversion 
program, pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter and the policies 
established by the Board.

(b) Executive Director; salary

    The Executive Director of the Board shall serve full time and be 
subject to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 
of title 5. The annual salary of the Executive Director shall not exceed 
level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of such title.

(c) Staff personnel; appointment and compensation

    The Board may appoint and fix the compensation of such staff 
personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
subchapter in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

(d) Experts and consultants; employment and compensation; annual review 
        of contracts

    The Board may (1) employ experts and consultants or organizations 
thereof, as authorized by section 3109 of title 5; (2) compensate 
individuals so employed at rates not in excess of the rate currently 
being paid grade 18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such 
title, including traveltime; and (3) may allow such individuals, while 
away from their homes or regular places of business, travel expenses 
(including per diem in lieu of subsistence) as authorized by section 
5703 of such title 5 for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently: Provided, however, That contracts for such temporary 
employment may be renewed annually.

(Pub. L. 94-168, Sec. 10, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1012.)


         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, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.
