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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-303 Section 4(b)]
[CITE: 31USC733]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 7--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
 
                        SUBCHAPTER III--PERSONNEL
 
Sec. 733. Senior Executive Service

    (a) The Comptroller General may establish a General Accounting 
Office Senior Executive Service--
        (1) meeting the requirements of section 3131 of title 5;
        (2) providing requirements for positions consistent with section 
    3132(a)(2) of title 5;
        (3) providing rates of basic pay--
            (A) not more than the maximum rate or less than the minimum 
        rate for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of 
        title 5; and
            (B) adjusted at the same time and to the same extent as 
        rates in the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of 
        title 5 are adjusted;

        (4) providing a performance appraisal system consistent with 
    subchapter II of chapter 43 of title 5;
        (5) allowing the Comptroller General to award ranks to officers 
    and employees in the Office Senior Executive Service consistent with 
    section 4507 of title 5;
        (6) providing for removal consistent with section 3592 of title 
    5, and for removal or suspension consistent with section 7543 of 
    title 5;
        (7) allowing the Comptroller General to reassign an officer or 
    employee in the Office Senior Executive Service to any senior-level 
    position established under section 732a of this title, as the 
    Comptroller General determines necessary and appropriate; and
        (8) allowing the Comptroller General to pay performance awards 
    to officers and employees of the Office Senior Executive Service 
    consistent with section 5384 of title 5.

    (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
may apply any part of title 5 that applies to an applicant for or 
officer or employee in the Senior Executive Service under title 5 to the 
Office Senior Executive Service.
    (c) The Office Senior Executive Service may include positions 
referred to in section 731(c), (d), (e)(1), or (e)(2) of this title.
    (d) Section 732(b)(6), (c), (d)(1)-(4), and (e) of this title does 
not apply to the Office Senior Executive Service.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 899; Pub. L. 98-326, 
Sec. 1(c), June 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 106-303, Sec. 4(b), Oct. 
13, 2000, 114 Stat. 1069.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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733(a)...............................  31:52-4(a)(1).                  Feb. 15,
 1980, Pub. L. 96-191, Sec.
                                                                        5(a), 9
4 Stat. 31.
733(b)...............................  31:52-4(a)(2).
733(c)...............................  31:52-4(a)(4).
733(d)...............................  31:52-4(a)(3).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``promulgate 
regulations'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``(hereinafter referred 
to as the GAO Senior Executive Service)'' are omitted because of the 
restatement. In clause (1), the words ``for the Senior Executive 
Service'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), the words ``in the GAO 
Senior Executive Service . . . which are'' are omitted as surplus. In 
clause (3), before subclause (A), the words ``for the GAO Senior 
Executive Service'' are omitted as surplus. In subclause (A), the word 
``established'' is omitted as surplus. In clause (4), the words ``for 
the GAO Senior Executive Service'' are omitted as surplus. In clauses 
(5) and (7), the words ``officers and employees'' are substituted for 
``members'' for consistency in the revised title and with other titles 
of the United States Code. In clause (5), the words ``the provisions 
applicable to the Office of Personnel Management and the President 
under'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (7), the words ``the 
provisions applicable to performance awards under'' are omitted as 
surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``officer or employee'' are substituted 
for ``member'' for consistency in the revised title and with other 
titles of the Code.
    In subsection (d), the words ``Employees in . . . the personnel 
system established under'' are omitted as surplus.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a)(7), (8). Pub. L. 106-303 added par. (7) and 
redesignated former par. (7) as (8).
    1984--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-326 inserted ``(e)(1),'' after 
``(d),''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-326 effective Oct. 1, 1984, see section 2 of 
Pub. L. 98-326, set out as a note under section 731 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 732, 732a, 735 of this 
title.
