PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury can, before September 30, 2013, set up and pay up to 40 special high-level administrative, technical, or professional jobs at the Internal Revenue Service and hire people into them without following the usual federal hiring and pay rules. The jobs must need extremely high expertise, be critical to the IRS mission, and be needed to recruit or keep an unusually well-qualified person. The Secretary must approve each job, each appointment can last no more than 4 years, and hires must not have been IRS employees before June 1, 1998. Each hire’s total yearly pay cannot be more than the highest total annual pay set under section 104 of title 3. These jobs are kept out of the collective bargaining unit, and people hired this way are not treated as "employees" under subchapter II of chapter 75.

Title 5, §9503

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(a)Notwithstanding section 9502, and without regard to the provisions of this title governing appointments in the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service and chapters 51 and 53 (relating to classification and pay rates), the Secretary of the Treasury may, Before September 30, 2013, establish, fix the compensation of, and appoint individuals to, designated critical administrative, technical, and professional positions needed to carry out the functions of the Internal Revenue Service, if—

(1)the positions—

(A)require expertise of an extremely high level in an administrative, technical, or professional field; and

(B)are critical to the Internal Revenue Service’s successful accomplishment of an important mission;

(2)exercise of the authority is necessary to recruit or retain an individual exceptionally well qualified for the position;

(3)the number of such positions does not exceed 40 at any one time;

(4)designation of such positions are approved by the Secretary of the Treasury;

(5)the terms of such appointments are limited to no more than 4 years;

(6)appointees to such positions were not Internal Revenue Service employees prior to June 1, 1998;

(7)total annual compensation for any appointee to such positions does not exceed the highest total annual compensation payable at the rate determined under section 104 of title 3; and

(8)all such positions are excluded from the collective bargaining unit.

(b)Individuals appointed under this section shall not be considered to be employees for purposes of subchapter II of chapter 75.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The provisions of this title governing appointments in the competitive service, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified generally to section 3301 et seq. of this title.

Amendments

2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–6, which directed substitution of “Before

September 30, 2013” for “Before

July 23, 2013” wherever appearing, was executed by making the substitution for “before

July 23, 2013” in introductory provisions to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 2007—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–161 substituted “before

July 23, 2013” for “for a period of 10 years after the date of enactment of this section” in introductory provisions.

§9503 Streamlined Critical Pay Authority