Sec. 4. FERC hiring and compensation authority
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In this section, the term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Notwithstanding any provision of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments and General Schedule classification and pay rates— the Chairman of the Commission may designate positions to which persons may be appointed without regard to the civil service laws; and the Commission may appoint persons to those positions without regard to the civil service laws. Notwithstanding chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53, of title 5, United States Code, the Commission may fix the rate of basic pay for the positions of individuals described in paragraph (2), subject to the limitation described in paragraph (3), without regard to the civil service laws.
An individual referred to in paragraph
(1)is— an individual appointed under subsection (b); or any other individual with respect to whom the Chairman of the Commission determines that compensation in accordance with that paragraph is necessary or appropriate to hire or retain that individual. The annual rate of basic pay for an individual described in paragraph
(2)may not exceed the per annum rate of salary payable for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.