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[CITE: 36USC151304]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
          CHAPTER 1513--NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 151304. Officers and employees

    (a) Appointment.--The board of directors may appoint not more than 2 
officers or employees, but only after the corporation has sufficient 
funds to pay for their services.
    (b) Status and Compensation.--Officers and employees of the 
corporation--
        (1) are not employees of the United States Government;
        (2) shall be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 
    5 governing appointments in the competitive service; and
        (3) may be paid without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III 
    of chapter 53 of title 5, except that an officer or employee may not 
    be paid more than the annual rate of basic pay for level GS-15 of 
    the General Schedule under section 5107 of title 5.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1400.)

                 Amendment Subsequent to August 15, 1997

        Section 5202(g)(1) of former Title 36, from which this section 
    was derived, was amended by Pub. L. 105-276, title IV, Sec. 427(b), 
    Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2511, see section 5(a) of Pub. L. 105-225, 
    set out as a Legislative Purpose and Construction note preceding 
    section 101 of this title. Section 5202(g)(1) of former Title 36 was 
    amended by striking out former subpar. (A) and adding subpar. (A) to 
    read as follows:

    ``(A) appointing officers or employees;''.

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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151304(a).............................  36:5202(g)(1)(A), (2).           Oct. 2
6, 1992, Pub. L. 102-522, title
                                                                          II, S
ec.  203(g)(1)(A), (2), (h), 106
                                                                          Stat.
 3418.
151304(b).............................  36:5202(h).
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    Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions for clarity.
    In subsection (b)(3), the words ``relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates'' are omitted as unnecessary.

                       References in Text

    The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
service, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), are classified generally to 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is set out 
under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
