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Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60

§152404 Officers and Employees

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 1524— NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION FOUNDATION › § 152404

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Librarian must pick a Secretary to run the corporation and can remove that person. The Secretary must have experience in sound-recording preservation and restoration, financial management, and fundraising. The board picks and removes the other officers. The Secretary hires and fires the corporation’s employees. Employees (including the Secretary) are not employees of the Library of Congress. They are hired and paid without following some usual Title 5 civil-service and pay rules, but no one may be paid more than the annual basic pay for GS level 15 under section 5107 of title 5.

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Title 36, §152404

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

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36 U.S.C. § 152404

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60