§305 Governance and Staffing of Commission.

Summary

Sets rules for how the Commission is run, paid, staffed, and where it works. The Chair must be chosen by a majority of the Commission members. Members the President appoints who are not federal officers get paid for each day (including travel) at the daily equivalent of the annual rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. Appointed members who are federal officers or employees get no extra pay. Presidential appointees may be reimbursed for travel and per diem at the rates allowed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 while away from home or their regular workplace. The Agreement must provide for a staff and an executive director to run it. U.S. funds may pay the executive director and staff up to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5. The Commission’s office must be in an agreed location within the impacted areas of Alaska, the Yukon Territory, and northern British Columbia. The Commission must meet at least biannually to review work and give staff direction, and hold extra informational or public meetings in the affected areas as needed. The Commission is encouraged to hire services by contract whenever possible, but U.S. funds may not pay an individual contractor more than the daily equivalent of the rate for level V under section 5316.