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[CITE: 31USC732a]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 7--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
 
                        SUBCHAPTER III--PERSONNEL
 
Sec. 732a. Critical positions

    (a) The Comptroller General may establish senior-level positions to 
meet critical scientific, technical or professional needs of the General 
Accounting Office. An individual serving in such a position shall--
        (1) be subject to the laws and regulations applicable to the 
    General Accounting Office Senior Executive Service under section 733 
    of this title, with respect to rates of basic pay, performance 
    awards, ranks, carry over of annual leave, benefits, performance 
    appraisals, removal or suspension, and reductions in force;
        (2) have the same rights of appeal to the General Accounting 
    Office Personnel Appeals Board as are provided to the Office Senior 
    Executive Service;
        (3) be exempt from the same provisions of law as are made 
    inapplicable to the Office Senior Executive Service under section 
    733(d) of this title, except for section 732(e) of this title;
        (4) be entitled to discontinued service retirement under chapter 
    83 or 84 of title 5 as if a member of the Office Senior Executive 
    Service; and
        (5) be subject to reassignment by the Comptroller General to any 
    position in the Office Senior Executive Service under section 733 of 
    this title, as the Comptroller General determines necessary and 
    appropriate.

    (b) Senior-level positions under this section may include positions 
referred to in section 731(d), (e)(1), or (e)(2) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 106-303, Sec. 4(a)(1), Oct. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 1068.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 732, 733 of this title.
