US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

22 U.S.C. § 3008

Commission staff

(a)

Personnel and administration committee

The Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior Commission member from the minority party in the House of Representatives, and the senior Commission member from the minority party in the Senate.

(b)

Committee functions

All decisions pertaining to the hiring, firing, and fixing of pay of Commission staff personnel 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 his senior staff person; and
(2)
the Chairman and Cochairman each shall 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.
The personnel and administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other staff personnel as it deems 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)

Commission employees as congressional employees

(1)
section 2107 of title 5 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 .
(2)
1
1 See References in Text note below.
For purposes of section 3304(i)(1)  of title 5, staff personnel 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 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
(3)
The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall be effective as of .

Pub. L. 94–304, § 890 Stat. 662 Pub. L. 99–7, § 599 Stat. 19 Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 218(3)110 Stat. 1747 Pub. L. 118–188, § 2(a)(2)(B)138 Stat. 2645 (, , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 3304(i)(1) of title 5section 3304(c)(1) of title 5Pub. L. 104–65, § 16(a)109 Stat. 703 section 3304(c) of title 5section 3304(d) of title 5Pub. L. 118–188, § 2(a)(1)(A)138 Stat. 2644 section 3304(c) of title 5section 3304(i)(1) of title 5, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), probably means prior to the amendments made by , (b), , , which struck out and redesignated as section 3304(c), and by , , , which redesignated as section 3304(i). Prior to these amendments, 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. After amendment, defines “technician”.

Amendments

Pub. L. 118–1882024—Subsec. (d)(2). substituted “3304(i)(1)” for “3304(c)(1)”.

Pub. L. 104–1861996—Subsec. (d)(2). substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk”.

Pub. L. 99–71985—Subsecs. (a), (b). , in amending section generally, added subsecs. (a) and (b).

Pub. L. 99–7Subsec. (c). , in amending section generally, designated existing provisions as subsec. (c) and substituted “All staff appointments shall be made” for “The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of such staff personnel as it deems desirable,”.

Pub. L. 99–7Subsec. (d). , in amending section generally, added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Pub. L. 99–7Pub. L. 99–7section 3002 of this titleAmendment by effective , except for enactment of subsec. (d) which was effective , see section 6(a), (b)(2) of , set out as a note under .