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[CITE: 29USC154]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                  CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
 
Sec. 154. National Labor Relations Board; eligibility for 
        reappointment; officers and employees; payment of expenses
        
    (a) Each member of the Board and the General Counsel of the Board 
shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall not engage in any other 
business, vocation, or employment. The Board shall appoint an executive 
secretary, and such attorneys, examiners, and regional directors, and 
such other employees as it may from time to time find necessary for the 
proper performance of its duties. The Board may not employ any attorneys 
for the purpose of reviewing transcripts of hearings or preparing drafts 
of opinions except that any attorney employed for assignment as a legal 
assistant to any Board member may for such Board member review such 
transcripts and prepare such drafts. No administrative law judge's 
report shall be reviewed, either before or after its publication, by any 
person other than a member of the Board or his legal assistant, and no 
administrative law judge shall advise or consult with the Board with 
respect to exceptions taken to his findings, rulings, or 
recommendations. The Board may establish or utilize such regional, 
local, or other agencies, and utilize such voluntary and uncompensated 
services, as may from time to time be needed. Attorneys appointed under 
this section may, at the direction of the Board, appear for and 
represent the Board in any case in court. Nothing in this subchapter 
shall be construed to authorize the Board to appoint individuals for the 
purpose of conciliation or mediation, or for economic analysis.
    (b) All of the expenses of the Board, including all necessary 
traveling and subsistence expenses outside the District of Columbia 
incurred by the members or employees of the Board under its orders, 
shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers 
therefor approved by the Board or by any individual it designates for 
that purpose.

(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 451; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, 
title I, Sec. 101, 61 Stat. 139; Pub. L. 95-251, Sec. 3, Mar. 27, 1978, 
92 Stat. 184.)

                          Codification

    Provisions of subsec. (a) which prescribed the basic compensation of 
members of the Board and the General Counsel were omitted to conform to 
the provisions of the Executive Schedule. See sections 5314 and 5315 of 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    In subsec. (a), ``administrative law judge's'' and ``administrative 
law judge'' substituted for ``trial examiner's'' and ``trial examiner'', 
respectively, pursuant to section 3105 of Title 5, and section 3 of Pub. 
L. 95-251, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 184, which is set out as a note under 
section 3105 of Title 5.


                               Amendments

    1947--Act June 23, 1947, amended section generally by increasing 
Board members' salaries from $10,000 to $12,000 per annum, by providing 
a salary of $12,000 per annum for the General Counsel, striking out 
former subsec. (b) relating to termination of ``Old Board'', and 
redesignating subsec. (c) relating to payment of expenses of Board as 
subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1947 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by act June 23, 1947, see section 
104 of act June 23, 1947, set out as a note under section 151 of this 
title.
