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[CITE: 42USC1317]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1317. Appointment of Administrator and Chief Actuary of 
        Health Care Financing Administration
        
    (a) The Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration 
shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate.
    (b)(1) There is established in the Health Care Financing 
Administration the position of Chief Actuary. The Chief Actuary shall be 
appointed by, and in direct line of authority to, the Administrator of 
such Administration. The Chief Actuary shall be appointed from among 
individuals who have demonstrated, by their education and experience, 
superior expertise in the actuarial sciences. The Chief Actuary shall 
exercise such duties as are appropriate for the office of the Chief 
Actuary and in accordance with professional standards of actuarial 
independence. The Chief Actuary may be removed only for cause.
    (2) The Chief Actuary shall be compensated at the highest rate of 
basic pay for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382(b) of 
title 5.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1117, as added Pub. L. 98-369, 
div. B, title III, Sec. 2332(a), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1088; amended 
Pub. L. 105-33, title IV, Sec. 4643, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 487.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1317, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, 
Sec. 1117, as added July 30, 1965, Pub. L. 89-97, title IV, Sec. 405, 79 
Stat. 420; amended Jan. 2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-248, title II, Secs. 221(a)-
(c), 241(c)(6), 81 Stat. 899, 917, related to maintenance of State 
public assistance expenditures, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90-248, title 
II, Sec. 221(d), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 900, eff. July 1, 1968.


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-33 amended section catchline, designated existing 
provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).


                             Effective Date

    Section 2332(c) of Pub. L. 98-369 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 5315 of 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] shall apply to 
appointments made after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 18, 
1984].''
