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[CITE: 42USC2996d]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 34--ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
 
                SUBCHAPTER X--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
 
Sec. 2996d. Officers and employees


(a) Appointment of president; outside compensation of officers 
        prohibited; terms

    The Board shall appoint the president of the Corporation, who shall 
be a member of the bar of the highest court of a State and shall be a 
non-voting ex officio member of the Board, and such other officers as 
the Board determines to be necessary. No officer of the Corporation may 
receive any salary or other compensation for services from any source 
other than the Corporation during his period of employment by the 
Corporation, except as authorized by the Board. All officers shall serve 
at the pleasure of the Board.

(b) Power of president to appoint and remove employees; nonpartisan 
        appointments

    (1) The president of the Corporation, subject to general policies 
established by the Board, may appoint and remove such employees of the 
Corporation as he determines necessary to carry out the purposes of the 
Corporation.
    (2) No political test or political qualification shall be used in 
selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to any officer, agent, or employee of the Corporation or of 
any recipient, or in selecting or monitoring any grantee, contractor, or 
person or entity receiving financial assistance under this subchapter.

(c) Conflict of interest

    No member of the Board may participate in any decision, action, or 
recommendation with respect to any matter which directly benefits such 
member or pertains specifically to any firm or organization with which 
such member is then associated or has been associated within a period of 
two years.

(d) Compensation

    Officers and employees of the Corporation shall be compensated at 
rates determined by the Board, but not in excess of the rate of level V 
of the Executive Schedule specified in section 5316 of title 5.

(e) Officers and employees not deemed officers and employees of Federal 
        Government; Corporation not deemed a department, agency, or 
        instrumentality of Federal Government; review of annual budget

    (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subchapter, 
officers and employees of the Corporation shall not be considered 
officers or employees, and the Corporation shall not be considered a 
department, agency, or instrumentality, of the Federal Government.
    (2) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting the 
authority of the Office of Management and Budget to review and submit 
comments upon the Corporation's annual budget request at the time it is 
transmitted to the Congress.

(f) Exceptions

    Officers and employees of the Corporation shall be considered 
officers and employees of the Federal Government for purposes of the 
following provisions of title 5: subchapter I of chapter 81 (relating to 
compensation for work injuries); chapter 83 (relating to civil service 
retirement); chapter 87 (relating to life insurance); and chapter 89 
(relating to health insurance). The Corporation shall make contributions 
at the same rates applicable to agencies of the Federal Government under 
the provisions referred to in this subsection.

(g) Freedom of information

    The Corporation and its officers and employees shall be subject to 
the provisions of section 552 of title 5 (relating to freedom of 
information).

(Pub. L. 88-452, title X, Sec. 1005, as added Pub. L. 93-355, Sec. 2, 
July 25, 1974, 88 Stat. 380.)


                 Reimbursement of Officers or Employees

    Pub. L. 97-377, title I, Sec. 101(d), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1876, 
provided: ``That no officer or employee of the Legal Services 
Corporation or a recipient program shall be reimbursed for membership in 
a private club, or be paid severance pay in excess of what would be paid 
a Federal employee for comparable service.''
