Personnel of Commission

(a) Director The Commission shall have a Director who shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Commission. To the extent or in the amounts provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Director shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule. (b) Staff The Director, with the approval of the Commission, and the Commission may appoint such personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its duties, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 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, except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed— (1) the equivalent of that payable to a person occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule, in the case of an employee appointed by the Director; and (2) the equivalent of that payable to a person occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule, in the case of an employee appointed by the Commission. (c) Experts and consultants With the approval of the Commission, the Director may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. (d) Detail of government employees Upon the request of the Commission, the head of any Federal agency may detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of such agency to the Commission to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commission. Any such detail shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the personnel.