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42 U.S.C. § 12651fEmployees, consultants, and other personnel

submitted 33 years ago by Pub. L. 101-610 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 1,163 words · no verdicts yet

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The Chief Executive Officer hires most Corporation employees under normal federal civil service rules. But the CEO may also use a special faster hiring and pay system for some positions. The Corporation also names a representative in each state, hires consultants, and can set up advisory committees.

(a) Employees Except where subsection (b), section 12651e(d), or section 414 of title 5 says otherwise, the CEO hires and sets pay for Corporation employees, following the normal title 5 civil service rules. (b) Alternative personnel system (1) Authority: The CEO may designate certain positions as exempt from the normal competitive-service hiring rules and from the usual classification and General Schedule pay rules, whenever the CEO decides this will help the Corporation run better. The CEO may make these appointments for a limited term. (2) Later competitive-service appointment: The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may later grant an employee hired this way competitive status to move into the regular competitive service, if the employee leaves the Corporation for reasons other than being fired for cause. (3) Selection and compensation system: (A) The CEO, with OPM's approval, must issue regulations creating a selection and pay system for these employees, keeping flexibility in mind. (B) The CEO must hire and pay these employees under that system. (C) The system must pick employees through a competitive process based on their qualifications and the job's needs. (D) The system must classify positions and must base part of each employee's pay on job performance, following the principles in section 5301 of title 5. No employee under this system may be paid more than the top rate for Executive Schedule Level IV. (c) Corporation representative in each State (1) The Corporation must name one employee to represent it in each state or group of states and help carry out national service activities there. (2) That representative acts as the go-between: (A) between the Corporation and the state's State Commission; (B) between the Corporation and any subdivision, tribe, nonprofit, or college that gets a grant directly from the Corporation under section 12571; and (C), once the relevant 1993 law provision takes effect, between the State Commission and the Corporation's Domestic Volunteer Service Act employee in that state, if that is a different person. (3) This representative also serves as a nonvoting member of the State Commission. (4) If this representative was hired under the alternative system in subsection (b), the pay cannot exceed the top rate for GS-13. (d) Consultants The CEO may hire temporary or occasional experts and consultants and pay them under section 3109(b) of title 5. (e) Details of personnel The head of any federal agency may lend the Corporation staff -- paid back by the Corporation, or for free for up to 180 days a year if the CEO and the agency head agree. A detail never affects the employee's civil service status or benefits. (f) Advisory committees (1) On the Board's recommendation, the CEO may set up advisory committees to advise the Board on national service issues -- like what programs to fund, priorities and criteria, and how to do outreach and evaluation. (2) The CEO appoints the committee members and sets whatever qualifications the CEO wants. (3) Members may be reimbursed for travel expenses under section 12651b(d). (4) Staff: (A) Except as (B) says, the CEO may hire and pay committee staff without following the usual competitive-service and classification/pay rules. (B) If a staff member was hired this way, their pay cannot exceed the top GS-13 rate. (g) Personal services contracts The Corporation may contract directly with individuals to do research, evaluation, and public-awareness work related to national service.
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(a) Employees

Except as provided in subsection (b), section 12651e(d) of this title, and section 414 of title 5, the Chief Executive Officer shall, in accordance with applicable provisions of title 5, appoint and determine the compensation of such employees as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the Corporation.

(b) Alternative personnel system
(1) Authority

The Chief Executive Officer may designate positions in the Corporation as positions to which the Chief Executive Officer may make appointments, and for which the Chief Executive Officer may determine compensation, 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 relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, to the extent the Chief Executive Officer determines that such a designation is appropriate and desirable to further the effective operation of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer may provide for appointments to such positions to be made on a limited term basis.

(2) Appointment in the competitive service after employment under alternative personnel system

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may grant competitive status for appointment to the competitive service, under such conditions as the Director may prescribe, to an employee who is appointed under this subsection and who is separated from the Corporation (other than by removal for cause).

(3) Selection and compensation system
(A) Establishment of system

The Chief Executive Officer, after obtaining the approval of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall issue regulations establishing a selection and compensation system for 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 5. 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.

(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 the national service laws 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, territory, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, or institution of higher education, in the State or States, that is awarded a grant under section 12571 of this title 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 [42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.] in the State, if the employee is not the representative described in paragraph (1) for the State.

(3) Nonvoting member of State Commission

The representative designated under this subsection for a State or group of States shall also serve as a nonvoting member of the State Commission established in the State or States, as described in section 12638(c)(3) of this title.

(4) Compensation

If the employee designated under paragraph (1) is an employee whose appointment was made pursuant to subsection (b), the rate of compensation for such employee may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS–13 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5.

(d) Consultants

The Chief Executive Officer may procure the temporary and intermittent services of experts and consultants and compensate the experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109(b) of title 5.

(e) Details of personnel

The head of any Federal department or agency may detail on a reimbursable basis, or on a nonreimbursable basis for not to exceed 180 calendar days during any fiscal year, as agreed upon by the Chief Executive Officer and the head of the Federal agency, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the Corporation to assist the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the national service laws. Any detail shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the Federal employee.

(f) Advisory committees
(1) Establishment

The Chief Executive Officer, acting upon the recommendation of the Board, may establish advisory committees in the Corporation to advise the Board with respect to national service issues, such as the type of programs to be established or assisted under the national service laws, priorities and criteria for such programs, and methods of conducting outreach for, and evaluation of, such programs.

(2) Composition

Such an advisory committee shall be composed of members appointed by the Chief Executive Officer, with such qualifications as the Chief Executive Officer may specify.

(3) Expenses

Members of such an advisory committee may be allowed travel expenses as described in section 12651b(d) of this title.

(4) Staff
(A) In general

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such staff as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be necessary to carry out the functions of the advisory committee, without regard to—

(i)

the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service; and

(ii)

the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.

(B) Compensation

If a member of the staff appointed under subparagraph (A) was appointed without regard to the provisions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the rate of compensation for such member may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS–13 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5.

(g) Personal services contracts

The Corporation may enter into personal services contracts to carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness related to the national service laws.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 195, as added and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title II, §§ 202(a), 203(a)(1)(B), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 883, 891; Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1706, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1547; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(88), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4352.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1993Enacted · Pub. L. 101-610 · 107 Stat. 883, 891
  • 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-13 · 123 Stat. 1547
  • 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-286 · 136 Stat. 4352

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-610 on 1993-09-21.

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