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§3614 Deputy Administrator

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President appoints a Deputy Administrator for the Commission. The Board gives the Deputy their duties and sets their pay, which cannot be higher than Executive Schedule level IV, and if eligible they will be paid the overseas recruitment and retention differential under section 3657.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3614

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(a)There shall be a Deputy Administrator of the Commission who shall be appointed by the President. The Deputy Administrator shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board.
(b)The Deputy Administrator shall be paid compensation at a rate of pay, established by the Board, which does not exceed the rate of basic pay in effect for level IV of the Executive Schedule, and, if eligible, shall be paid the overseas recruitment and retention differential provided for in section 3657 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Level IV of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out in section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–201 struck out “and Chief Engineer” after “Deputy Administrator” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “(a) There shall be a Deputy Administrator and a Chief Engineer of the Commission, both of whom shall be appointed by the President. The Deputy Administrator and the Chief Engineer shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the President. “(b) The Deputy Administrator and the Chief Engineer shall each be paid compensation at a rate of pay established by the President which does not exceed the rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, and, if eligible, shall each be paid the overseas recruitment or retention differential provided for in section 3657 of this title.” 1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–510 inserted before period at end “, and, if eligible, shall each be paid the overseas recruitment or retention differential provided for in section 3657 of this title”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Savings Provision

Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV, § 3524(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2861, provided that: “Nothing in this section [amending this section] shall be considered to affect— “(1) the tenure of the individual serving as Deputy Administrator of the Commission on the day before subsection (a) takes effect [section 3524(a) of Pub. L. 104–201, effective Sept. 23, 1996]; or “(2) until modified under section 1104(b) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 [subsec. (b) of this section], as amended by subsection (a), the compensation of the individual so serving.”

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Authority of President under this section to fix the compensation of and to define authorities and duties of Deputy Administrator delegated to Secretary of Defense, see section 1–302 of Ex. Ord. No. 12215, May 27, 1980, 45 F.R. 36044, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3614

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73