PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-273 other than the State for services provided by the member or alternate to the Authority, "(4) DETAILED EMPLOYEES.— "(A) IN GENERAL. —No person detailed to serve the Authority under subsection (e)(6) shall receive any salary or any contribution to or supplementation of salary for services provided to the Authority from— "(i) any source other than the State, local, or intergovernmental department or agency from which the person was detailed; or "(ii) the Authority. "(B) VIOLATION.— Any person that violates this paragraph shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. "(C) APPLICABLE LAW.— The Federal cochairperson, the alternate Federal cochairperson, and any Federal officer or employee detailed to duty on the Authority under subsection (e)(5) shall not be subject to subparagraph (A), but shall remain subject to sections 202 through 209 of title 18, United States Code. " (5) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. — " (A) COMPENSATION.— "(i) IN GENERAL.— The Authority may appoint and fix the compensation of an executive director and such other personnel as are necessary to enable the Authority to carry out the duties of the Authority. "(ii) EXCEPTION. — Compensation under clause (i) shall not exceed the maximum rate for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5, United States Code, including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title. "(B) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The executive director shall be responsible for— "(i) the carrying out of the administrative duties of the Authority; "(ii) direction of the Authority staff; and "(iii) such other duties as the Authority may assign. "(C) No FEDERAL EMPLOYEE STATUS. — No member, alternate, officer, or employee of the Authority (except the Federal cochairperson of the Authority, the alternate and staff for the Federal cochairperson, and any Federal employee detailed to the Authority under subsection (e)(5)) shall be considered to be a Federal employee for any purpose. "(i) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided under paragraph (2), no State member, alternate, officer, or employee of the Authority shall participate personally and substantially as a member, alternate, officer, or employee of the Authority, through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise, in any proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, or other matter in which, to knowledge of the member, alternate, officer, or employee— "(A) the member, alternate, officer, or employee;
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