STAFF.

SEC. 677. STAFF.(a) In General.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Executive Director, with the approval of the Commission, may appoint and fix the rate of basic pay for additional personnel as staff of the Commission in accordance with section 3161 of title 5, United States Code.(b) Limitations on Staff.—(1) Number of detailees from executive department.—Not more than one-third of the personnel employed by or detailed to the Commission may be on detail from the Department of Defense and other executive branch departments.(2) Prior duties within executive branch.—A person may not be detailed from the Department of Defense or other executive branch department to the Commission if, in the year before the detail is to begin, that person participated personally and substantially in any matter concerning the preparation of recommendations for military compensation and retirement modernization.(3) Number of detailees eligible for military retired pay.—Not more than one-fourth of the personnel employed 126 STAT. 1795 by or detailed to the Commission may be persons eligible for or receiving military retired pay.(4) Prior employment with certain organizations.—A person may not be employed by or detailed to the Commission if, in the year before the employment or detail is to begin, that person was employed by a veterans service organization or a military-related advocacy group or association.(c) Limitations on Performance Reviews.—No member of the uniformed services, and no officer or employee of the Department of Defense or other executive branch department, may—(1) prepare any report concerning the effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the performance of the staff of the Commission or any person detailed to that staff;(2) review the preparation of such a report; or(3) approve or disapprove such a report.