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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7317]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
               CHAPTER 100--AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION
 
    SUBCHAPTER VII--COMMISSION ON 21st CENTURY PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE
 
Sec. 7317. Personnel matters


(a) Compensation

    Each member of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but 
shall be allowed travel expenses including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, when engaged in 
the performance of Commission duties.

(b) Staff

                           (1) Appointment

        The Commission shall appoint a staff director, who shall be paid 
    at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of basic pay under section 
    5376 of title 5, and such professional and clerical personnel as may 
    be reasonable and necessary to enable the Commission to carry out 
    its duties under this subchapter without regard to the provisions of 
    title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and 
    without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
    chapter 53 of such title, or any other provision of law, relating to 
    the number, classification, and General Schedule rates.

                   (2) Limitation on compensation

        No employee appointed under this subsection (other than the 
    staff director) may be compensated at a rate to exceed the maximum 
    rate applicable to level GS-15 of the General Schedule.

(c) Detailed personnel

    On the request of the chairperson of the Commission, the head of any 
department or agency of the Federal Government is authorized to detail, 
without reimbursement, any personnel of the department or agency to the 
Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under 
this section. The detail of any individual may not result in the 
interruption or loss of civil service status or other privilege of the 
individual.

(Pub. L. 104-127, title I, Sec. 187, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 941.)

                       References in Text

    The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
service, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), are classified generally to 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out under 
section 5332 of Title 5.
