§ 6918. — Staff of the Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6918]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 77--UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER II--CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Sec. 6918. Staff of the Commission
(a) Personnel and administration committee
The Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee
composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior member of the
Commission from the minority party of the House of Representatives, and
the senior member of the Commission from the minority party of the
Senate.
(b) Committee functions
All decisions pertaining to the hiring, firing, and fixing of pay of
personnel of the Commission shall be by a majority vote of the personnel
and administration committee, except that--
(1) the Chairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of
the staff director, and the Cochairman shall be entitled to appoint
and fix the pay of the Cochairman's senior staff member; and
(2) the Chairman and Cochairman shall each have the authority to
appoint, with the approval of the personnel and administration
committee, at least four professional staff members who shall be
responsible to the Chairman or the Cochairman (as the case may be)
who appointed them.
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the personnel and
administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other
personnel as it considers desirable.
(c) Staff appointments
All staff appointments shall be made without regard to the
provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service,
and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and general schedule
pay rates.
(d) Qualifications of professional staff
The personnel and administration committee shall ensure that the
professional staff of the Commission consists of persons with expertise
in areas including human rights, internationally recognized worker
rights, international economics, law (including international law), rule
of law and other foreign assistance programming, Chinese politics,
economy and culture, and the Chinese language.
(e) Commission employees as congressional employees
(1) In general
For purposes of pay and other employment benefits, rights, and
privileges, and for all other purposes, any employee of the
Commission shall be considered to be a congressional employee as
defined in section 2107 of title 5.
(2) Competitive status
For purposes of section 3304(c)(1) \1\ of title 5, employees of
the Commission shall be considered as if they are in positions in
which they are paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of
the House of Representatives.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 106-286, div. B, title III, Sec. 308, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat.
899.)
References in Text
The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive
service, referred to in subsec. (c), are classified generally to section
3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section 3304(c)(1) of title 5, referred to in subsec. (e)(2),
probably means section 3304(c)(1) of title 5 prior to amendment by Pub.
L. 104-65, Sec. 16(a), (b), Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 703, which struck
out section 3304(c) of title 5 and redesignated section 3304(d) of title
5 as 3304(c). Prior to amendment section 3304(c)(1) related to
acquisition of competitive status by an individual who served for at
least 3 years in the legislative branch in a position in which he was
paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of
Representatives.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6917 of this title.
