§151304. Officers and employees

(a) Appointment.-The board of directors may appoint not more than 2 officers or employees, but only after the corporation has sufficient funds to pay for their services.

(b) Status and Compensation.-Officers and employees of the corporation-

(1) are not employees of the United States Government;

(2) shall be appointed 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 officer or employee may not be paid more than the annual rate of basic pay for level GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5107 of title 5.

( Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1400 .)

Amendment Subsequent to August 15, 1997

Section 5202(g)(1) of former Title 36, from which this section was derived, was amended by Pub. L. 105–276, title IV, §427(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2511 , see section 5(a) of Pub. L. 105–225, set out as a Legislative Purpose and Construction note preceding section 101 of this title. Section 5202(g)(1) of former Title 36 was amended by striking out former subpar. (A) and adding subpar. (A) to read as follows:

"(A) appointing officers or employees;".

Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions for clarity.

In subsection (b)(3), the words "relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates" are omitted as unnecessary.

References in Text

The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), are classified generally to section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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