PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Comptroller General may set up senior jobs to fill urgent scientific, technical, or professional needs at the Government Accountability Office. People in those jobs must follow the same pay, awards, rank, leave, benefits, performance review, removal, and layoff rules that apply to the GAO Senior Executive Service. They get the same appeal rights, the same legal exemptions as SES positions (except for the rule in 732(e)), the same discontinued service retirement under chapters 83 or 84 of title 5, and can be reassigned by the Comptroller General to any GAO SES job as needed. These senior jobs can include the kinds of positions already listed elsewhere in the law (see the positions described in 731(e)(1) or (2)).

Title 31, §732a

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(a)The Comptroller General may establish senior-level positions to meet critical scientific, technical or professional needs of the Government Accountability Office. An individual serving in such a position shall—

(1)be subject to the laws and regulations applicable to the General Accounting Office Senior Executive Service under section 733 of this title, with respect to rates of basic pay, performance awards, ranks, carry over of annual leave, benefits, performance appraisals, removal or suspension, and reductions in force;

(2)have the same rights of appeal to the General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board 1 as are provided to the Office Senior Executive Service;

(3)be exempt from the same provisions of law as are made inapplicable to the Office Senior Executive Service under section 733(d) of this title, except for section 732(e) of this title;

(4)be entitled to discontinued service retirement under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5 as if a member of the Office Senior Executive Service; and

(5)be subject to reassignment by the Comptroller General to any position in the Office Senior Executive Service under section 733 of this title, as the Comptroller General determines necessary and appropriate.

(b)Senior-level positions under this section may include positions referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 731(e) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–323 substituted “paragraph (1) or (2) of section 731(e)” for “section 731(d), (e)(1), or (e)(2)”. 2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

General Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office. See section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of this title.

§732a Critical Positions