PUBLIC LAW 101-513—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 2023 (D) the significance of operating and program funding distinctions as they affect the ability of the Agency to adjust its personnel to program requirements; (3) the adequacy of systems of personal accountability for program management, taking into consideration, among other things— (A) the need to establish and identify clear lines of decisionmaking responsibility among headquarters offices and between headquarters and field missions; (B) the need to ensure that an individual's performance in the implementation and management of the Agency's program portfolio is appropriately reflected in its promotion and assignment processes. (d) REPORT. —The Commission shall submit a comprehensive report to the President and to the Congress, not later than six months from the date after which all members of the Commission have been appointed, containing the findings and recommendations of the Commission with respect to its study. The Commission should work with the General Accounting Office and consult with General Accounting Office reports and studies on management issues concerning the Agency for International Development in the conduct of its study. The Commission shall cease to exist on the thirtieth day after the date on which it files the comprehensive report under this subsection. (e) COMPENSATION AND PER DIEM. —(1) COMPENSATION.— Members of the Commission shall receive no pay on account of their service on the Commission. (2) PER DIEM. — While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code. (f) AUTHORITIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The Commission or any member it authorizes may, for the purposes of carrying out this section, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, request such attendance, take such testimony, and receive such evidence, as the Commission considers appropriate. (2) APPOINTMENTS.— Subject to such rules as may be adopted by the Commission, the Chairman of the Commission, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifications and General Schedule pay rates, may appoint and fix the compensation of a Director and such other staff as the Chairman considers necessary. (3) TEMPORARY SERVICES.—The Chairman of the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5 of the United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay then in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)). (4) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.— Upon the request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such department or agency to the Commission to assist it in cariying out its duties under this section. The Administrator of the Agency for
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