§1975b Administrative Provisions

Summary

Creates a full-time staff director for the Commission who will run its day-to-day work. The director is appointed by the President with a majority of the Commission agreeing. The Commission can hire other staff under civil service rules and can buy outside services under section 3109 of title 5, but pay for those individuals cannot exceed the daily equivalent of the top GS‑15 rate (see section 5332 of title 5). Members who are not federal employees must be paid the daily equivalent of level IV of the Executive Schedule (see section 5315 of title 5), prorated for time worked. Members who are federal employees get no extra pay, but do get travel and per diem when away from home under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5. The Commission may not use unpaid volunteers, including unpaid members. The Commission can make rules it needs, and its starting rules are the Commission on Civil Rights rules in effect on September 30, 1994, until it changes them. All federal agencies must fully cooperate with the Commission.