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[CITE: 42USC8104]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 90--NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY REINVESTMENT, SELF-HELP AND 
                             REVITALIZATION
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
 
Sec. 8104. Officers and employees


(a) Employment, compensation and benefits

    The board shall have power to select, employ, and fix the 
compensation and benefits of such officers, employees, attorneys, and 
agents as shall be necessary for the performance of its duties under 
this subchapter, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing 
appointments in the competitive service, classification, and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that no officer, employee, attorney, or agent 
of the corporation may be paid compensation at a rate in excess of the 
highest rate provided for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 
5332 of title 5.

(b) Appointment of executive director

    The directors of the corporation shall appoint an executive director 
who shall serve as chief executive officer of the corporation.

(c) Appointment and removal of employees by executive director

    The executive director of the corporation, subject to approval by 
the board, may appoint and remove such employees of the corporation as 
he determines necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation.

(d) Prohibition of political tests and qualifications in selection, 
        etc., of personnel

    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.

(e) Employee status; applicability of administrative and cost standards 
        of Office of Management and Budget

    Officers and employees of the corporation shall not be considered 
officers or employees of the United States, and the corporation shall 
not be considered a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
Federal Government. The corporation shall be subject to administrative 
and cost standards issued by the Office of Management and Budget similar 
to standards applicable to non-profit grantees and educational 
institutions.

(Pub. L. 95-557, title VI, Sec. 605, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2116.)

                       References in Text

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


         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.
