executive director and staff of the council

executive director and staff of the council Sec. 208. (a) The staff of the Council shall be headed by an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the President, and he shall lie compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for level II of the. Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5313). He shall keep the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Joint Economic Committee fully and currently informed regarding the activities of the Council. (b) (1) With the approval of the Council, the Executive Director may appoint and fix the compensation of such staff personnel as he deems necessary. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the staff of the Council shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. (2) With the approval of the Council, the Executive Director may appoint and fix the compensation of one officer at a rate of basic compensation not to exceed the rate provided for level IV of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule, and appoint and fix the compensation of two officers at rates of basic compensation not to exceed the rate provided for level V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule. (c) With the approval of the Council, the Executive Director may procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate provided for GS–18. (d) Upon request of the Executive Director, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of its personnel to the Council to assist it in carrying out its duties under this title.