36 U.S.C. § 152404: Officers and employees

Summary

The Librarian must appoint a Secretary of the Board to serve as the corporation’s executive director and may remove that person. The Secretary must have experience with sound recording preservation and restoration, money management, and fundraising. The board chooses the other officers. The Secretary hires and can fire the corporation’s employees (other than the Secretary). Employees, including the Secretary, are not employees of the Library of Congress. They can be hired and fired without following the usual federal competitive hiring rules and can be paid without following some federal pay rules, but no one may be paid more than the annual basic pay for level 15 of the General Schedule under section 5107 of title 5.

Title 36, §152404

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(a)Secretary of the Board.—

(1)The Librarian shall appoint a Secretary of the Board to serve as executive director of the corporation. The Librarian may remove the Secretary.

(2)The Secretary shall be knowledgeable and experienced in matters relating to—

(A)sound recording preservation and restoration activities;

(B)financial management; and

(C)fundraising.

(b)Appointment of Officers.—

Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the board of directors appoints, removes, and replaces officers of the corporation.

(c)Appointment of Employees.—

Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary appoints, removes, and replaces employees of the corporation.

(d)Status and Compensation of Employees.—

Employees of the corporation (including the Secretary)—

(1)are not employees of the Library of Congress;

(2)shall be appointed and removed without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service; and

(3)may be paid without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, except that an employee may not be paid more than the annual rate of basic pay for level 15 of the General Schedule under section 5107 of title 5.

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The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§152404 Officers and Employees

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Title 36, §152404

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