§611. Employee development program

(a) Establishment

The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions of section 3396 of title 5 as the Director determines necessary to establish a program providing opportunities for employees of the Office to engage in details or other temporary assignments in other agencies, study, or uncompensated work experience which will contribute to the employees' development and effectiveness.

(b) Effective date

This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.

( Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, §1101, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 370 .)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

Executive Exchange Program for the Congressional Budget Office

Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, §1201, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2238 , provided that:

"(a) In General.-The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may establish and conduct an executive exchange program under which employees of the Office may be assigned to private sector organizations, and employees of private sector organizations may be assigned to the Office, for 1-year periods to further the institutional interests of the Office or Congress, including for the purpose of providing training to officers and employees of the Office.

"(b) Limitations and Conditions.-The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall-

"(1) limit the number of officers and employees who are assigned to private sector organizations at any one time to not more than 3;

"(2) limit the number of employees from private sector organizations who are assigned to the Office at any one time to not more than 3;

"(3) require that an employee of a private sector organization assigned to the Office may not have access to any trade secrets or to any other nonpublic information which is of commercial value to the private sector organization from which such employee is assigned; and

"(4) approve employees to be detailed from the private sector without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of their fitness to perform their assigned duties.

"(c) Treatment of Private Employees.-An employee of a private sector organization assigned to the Office under the executive exchange program shall be considered to be an employee of the Office for purposes of-

"(1) chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code;

"(2) sections 201, 203, 205, 207, 208, 209, 603, 606, 607, 643, 654, 1905, and 1913 of title 18, United States Code;

"(3) sections 1343, 1344, and 1349(b) of title 31, United States Code;

"(4) chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 'Federal Tort Claims Act') and any other Federal tort liability statute;

"(5) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and

"(6) section 1043 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. 1043].

"(d) Termination of Assignments.-No assignment under this section shall commence after the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section [Dec. 26, 2007].

"(e) Effective Date.-Subject to subsection (d), this section shall apply to fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter."