 
                 CHAPTER 72--MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 9105. Personnel


(a) In general

    The Director may, in accordance with applicable provisions of title 
5, appoint and determine the compensation of such employees as the 
Director determines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the 
Institute.

(b) Appointment and compensation of technical and professional employees

                           (1) In general

        Subject to paragraph (2), the Director may appoint without 
    regard to the provisions of title 5 governing the appointment in the 
    competitive service and may compensate without regard to the 
    provisions of chapter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
    title (relating to the classification and General Schedule pay 
    rates), such technical and professional employees as the Director 
    determines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the Institute.

                     (2) Number and compensation

        The number of employees appointed and compensated under 
    paragraph (1) shall not exceed \1/5\ of the number of full-time 
    regular or professional employees of the Institute. The rate of 
    basic compensation for the employees appointed and compensated under 
    paragraph (1) may not exceed the rate prescribed for level GS-15 of 
    the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5.

(c) Voluntary services

    The Director may accept and utilize the voluntary services of 
individuals and reimburse the individuals for travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same amounts and to the same 
extent as authorized under section 5703 of title 5 for persons employed 
intermittently in Federal Government service.

(Pub. L. 94-462, title II, Sec. 206, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, 
title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-233, 3009-295; amended Pub. L. 105-128, Sec. 2, Dec. 1, 1997, 111 
Stat. 2548.)

                       References in Text

    The provisions of title 5 governing appointment in the competitive 
service, referred to in subsec. (b), are classified generally to section 
3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 206 of Pub. L. 94-462 was classified to section 965 
of this title prior to the general amendment of title II of Pub. L. 94-
462 by Pub. L. 104-208.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 105-128 added subsec. (b) and 
redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).


           Consideration Given to Individuals With Experience

    Section 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 706] of div. A of Pub. L. 104-208 
provided that: ``Consistent with title 5, United States Code, in 
appointing employees of the Office of Library Services, the Director of 
the Institute of Museum and Library Services shall give strong 
consideration to individuals with experience in administering State-
based and national library and information services programs.''
