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[CITE: 42USC10266]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 108--NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY
 
           SUBCHAPTER V--NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD
 
Sec. 10266. Staff


(a) Clerical staff

    (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Chairman may appoint and fix the 
compensation of such clerical staff as may be necessary to discharge the 
responsibilities of the Board.
    (2) Clerical staff shall be appointed subject to the provisions of 
title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and shall be 
paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates.

(b) Professional staff

    (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Chairman may appoint and 
fix the compensation of such professional staff as may be necessary to 
discharge the responsibilities of the Board.
    (2) Not more than 10 professional staff members may be appointed 
under this subsection.
    (3) Professional staff members may be appointed without regard to 
the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
service, and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to 
classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no individual 
so appointed may receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay 
payable for GS-18 of the General Schedule.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title V, Sec. 506, as added Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-104, 1329-121; 
Pub. L. 100-203, title V, Sec. 5051, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-249.)

                       References in Text

    The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
service, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(3), are classified 
generally to section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees.

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 100-202 and Pub. L. 100-203 added identical sections.


         References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

    References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to 
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered 
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.
