§ 996. — Director and staff.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC996]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 58--UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
Sec. 996. Director and staff
(a) The Staff Director shall supervise the activities of persons
employed by the Commission and perform other duties assigned to the
Staff Director by the Commission.
(b) The Staff Director shall, subject to the approval of the
Commission, appoint such officers and employees as are necessary in the
execution of the functions of the Commission. The officers and employees
of the Commission shall be exempt from the provisions of part III of
title 5, except the following: chapters 45 (Incentive Awards), 63
(Leave), 81 (Compensation for Work Injuries), 83 (Retirement), 85
(Unemployment Compensation), 87 (Life Insurance), and 89 (Health
Insurance), and subchapter VI of chapter 55 (Payment for accumulated and
accrued leave).
(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 217(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat.
2026; amended Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7106(c), Nov. 18, 1988,
102 Stat. 4418; Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 325(b)(6), Dec. 1,
1990, 104 Stat. 5121; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXVIII, Sec. 280005(c)(5),
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2097; Pub. L. 106-518, title III, Sec. 302(a),
Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2416.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-518 substituted ``except the
following: chapters 45 (Incentive Awards), 63 (Leave), 81 (Compensation
for Work Injuries), 83 (Retirement), 85 (Unemployment Compensation), 87
(Life Insurance), and 89 (Health Insurance), and subchapter VI of
chapter 55 (Payment for accumulated and accrued leave)'' for ``United
States Code, except the following chapters: 45 (Incentive Awards), 81
(Compensation for Work Injuries), 83 (Retirement), 85 (Unemployment
Compensation), 87 (Life Insurance), and 89 (Health Insurance)''.
1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``the Staff
Director'' for ``him'' after ``assigned to''.
1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-650 substituted ``and 89 (Health
Insurance)'' for ``89 (Health Insurance), and 91 (Conflicts of
Interest)''.
1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-690 inserted reference to chapter 45
(Incentive Awards).
Savings Provision
Pub. L. 106-518, title III, Sec. 302(b), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat.
2417, provided that: ``Any leave that an individual accrued or
accumulated (or that otherwise became available to such individual)
under the leave system of the United States Sentencing Commission and
that remains unused as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov.
13, 2000] shall, on and after such date, be treated as leave accrued or
accumulated (or that otherwise became available to such individual)
under chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code.''
