Sec. 9. POWERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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## SEC. 9 POWERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ###
(a)The Commission is authorized to obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. ###
(b)The Commission is authorized to enter into agreements with the General Services Administration for procurement of necessary financial and administrative services, for which payment shall be made by reimbursement from funds of the Commission in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman and the Administrator of General Services. ###
(c)The Commission is authorized to procure supplies, services, and property, and make contracts in any fiscal year, only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. ###
(d)The Commission is authorized to enter into contracts with Federal or State agencies, private firms, institutions, and agencies for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of reports, and other activities necessary to the discharge of its duties. ###
(e)The Commission or, on the authorization of the Commission, a member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, and request the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of books, records, memoranda, papers, and documents as the Commission or such member deems advisable. ###
(f)The Commission, or on the authorization of the Commission, any member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, have such printing and binding done, enter into contracts and other arrangements to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, and make such expenditures as the Commission or such member deems advisable. ###
(g)The Commission may acquire directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality, information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act. Each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish, to the extent permitted by law, such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request by the Chairman. ###
(h)The Chairman of the Commission is authorized to appoint, terminate, and fix the compensation, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, of an Executive Director and such additional personnel as the Chairman finds necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its duties. The annual rate of compensation of the Executive Director may not exceed a rate equal to the rate provided for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title and the annual rate of compensation of all other personnel may not exceed a rate equal to the lowest rate for GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title. ###
(i)Upon request of the Commission, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to make any of the facilities and services of such agency available to the Commission or to detail any of the personnel of such agency to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this Act, unless the head of such agency determines that overriding reasons will not permit the agency to make such facilities, services, or personnel available to the Commission and so notifies the Chairman in writing. ###
(j)The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States. ###
(k)The Commission may expend funds made available for purposes of this Act for printing and binding, notwithstanding any other provision of law.