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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 3390

5 USC 5314.

5 USC 5701.

PUBLIC LAW 98-622—NOV. 8, 1984

receive no additional compensation by reason of his or her service on the Commission. (b) Subject to amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, a member of the Commission from private Ufe shall receive the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. DIRECTOR AND STAFF

5 USC 5315.

5 USC 5101 et seq., 5331. 5 USC 5332.

SEC. 305. (a) The Commission shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the Commission and who shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule. The Director, subject to the direction of the Commission, shall supervise the activities of persons employed by the Commission and the preparation of the reports of the Commission and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to the Director by the Commission. (b) The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of such additional personnel as it considers appropriate. (c) The staff of the Commission may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 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 maximum annual rate of basic pay payable for GS-16 of the General Schedule. (d) The Chairman of the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. GOVERNMENT AGENCY COOPERATION

SEC. 306. The Commission is authorized to request from any department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the Government any information and assistance it considers necessary to carry out its functions under this title. Each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized to cooperate with the Commission and, to the extent permitted by law, to furnish such information and assistance to the Commission. REPORT OF THE COMMISSION; TERMINATION

SEC. 307. The Commission shall submit interim reports on its activities to the President and the Congress at such times as the Commission considers appropriate, except that at least one such report shall be so submitted within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Commission shall submit its final report on its activities to the President and the Congress within two years after such date of enactment. The Commission shall cease to exist sixty days after the date of the submission of its final report.