28 U.S.C. § 996 Director and Staff

• Library: U.S. Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 28 U.S.C. § 996

(a) The Staff Director shall supervise the activities of persons employed by the Commission and perform other duties assigned to the Staff Director by the Commission.

(b) The Staff Director shall, subject to the approval of the Commission, appoint such officers and employees as are necessary in the execution of the functions of the Commission. The officers and employees of the Commission shall be exempt from the provisions of part III of title 5, except the following: chapters 45 (Incentive Awards), 63 (Leave), 81 (Compensation for Work Injuries), 83 (Retirement), 84 (Federal Employees' Retirement System), 85 (Unemployment Compensation), 87 (Life Insurance), and 89 (Health Insurance), and subchapter VI of chapter 55 (Payment for accumulated and accrued leave).

Cite as 28 U.S.C. § 996

Source: Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, §217(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2026; amended Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, §7106(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4418; Pub. L. 101-650, title III, §325(b)(6), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5121; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXVIII, §280005(c)(5), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2097; Pub. L. 106-518, title III, §302(a), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2416; Pub. L. 117-328, div. E, title III, §308, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4672.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2022-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117-328 inserted "84 (Federal Employees' Retirement System)," after "83 (Retirement),".

2000-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-518 substituted "except the following: chapters 45 (Incentive Awards), 63 (Leave), 81 (Compensation for Work Injuries), 83 (Retirement), 85 (Unemployment Compensation), 87 (Life Insurance), and 89 (Health Insurance), and subchapter VI of chapter 55 (Payment for accumulated and accrued leave)" for "United States Code, except the following chapters: 45 (Incentive Awards), 81 (Compensation for Work Injuries), 83 (Retirement), 85 (Unemployment Compensation), 87 (Life Insurance), and 89 (Health Insurance)".