107 STAT. 884 PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 employees of the Corporation appointed under paragraph (1). In issuing such regulations, the Chief Executive Officer shall take into consideration the need for flexibility in such a system. " (B) APPLICATION.— The Chief Executive Officer shall appoint and determine the compensation of employees in accordance with the selection and compensation system established under subparagraph (A). "(C) SELECTION.— The system established under subparagraph (A) shall provide for the selection of employees— "(i) through a competitive process; and "(ii) on the basis of the qualifications of applicants and the requirements of the positions. "(D) COMPENSATION. —The system established under subparagraph (A) shall include a scheme for the classification of positions in the Corporation. The system shall require that the compensation of an employee be determined in part on the basis of the job performance of the employee, and in a manner consistent with the principles described in- section 5301 of title 6, United States Code. The rate of compensation for each employee compensated under the system shall not exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. "(c) CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVE IN EACH STATE.— " (1) DESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE.— The Corporation shall designate 1 employee of the Corporation for each State or group of States to serve as the representative of the Corporation in the State or States and to assist the Corporation in carrying out the activities described in this Act in the State or States. "(2) DUTIES. —The representative designated under this subsection for a State or group of States shall serve as the liaison between— "(A) the Corporation and the State Commission that is established in the State or States; "(B) the Corporation and any subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, or institution of higher education, in the State or States, that is awarded a grant under section 121 directly from the Corporation; and "(C) after the effective date of section 203(c)(2) of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, the State Commission and the Corporation employee responsible for programs under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 in the State, if the employee is not the representative described in paragraph (1) for the State. " (3) MEMBER OF STATE COMMISSION.—The representative designated under this subsection for a State or group of States shall also serve as a member of the State Commission established in the State or States, as described in section 178(c)(3). " (4) COMPENSATION.— If the employee designated under paragraph (1) is an employee whose appointment was made pursuant to section 195(b), the rate of compensation for such employee may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay pay-
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