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22 U.S.C. § 6918 — Staff of the Commission
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**(a) Personnel and administration committee** The Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior member of the Commission from the minority party of the House of Representatives, and the senior member of the Commission from the minority party of the Senate.
**(b) Committee functions** All decisions pertaining to the hiring, firing, and fixing of pay of personnel of the Commission shall be by a majority vote of the personnel and administration committee, except that—
(1) the Chairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of the staff director, and the Cochairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of the Cochairman’s senior staff member; and
(2) the Chairman and Cochairman shall each have the authority to appoint, with the approval of the personnel and administration committee, at least four professional staff members who shall be responsible to the Chairman or the Cochairman (as the case may be) who appointed them.
Subject to subsection (d), the personnel and administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other personnel as it considers desirable.
**(c) Staff appointments** All staff appointments shall be made without regard to the provisions of title 5 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.
**(d) Qualifications of professional staff** The personnel and administration committee shall ensure that the professional staff of the Commission consists of persons with expertise in areas including human rights, internationally recognized worker rights, international economics, law (including international law)
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**(a) Personnel and administration committee** The Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior member of the Commission from the minority party of the House of Representatives, and the senior member of the Commission from the minority party of the Senate.
**(b) Committee functions** All decisions pertaining to the hiring, firing, and fixing of pay of personnel of the Commission shall be by a majority vote of the personnel and administration committee, except that—
(1) the Chairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of the staff director, and the Cochairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of the Cochairman’s senior staff member; and
(2) the Chairman and Cochairman shall each have the authority to appoint, with the approval of the personnel and administration committee, at least four professional staff members who shall be responsible to the Chairman or the Cochairman (as the case may be) who appointed them.
Subject to subsection (d), the personnel and administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other personnel as it considers desirable.
**(c) Staff appointments** All staff appointments shall be made without regard to the provisions of title 5 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.
**(d) Qualifications of professional staff** The personnel and administration committee shall ensure that the professional staff of the Commission consists of persons with expertise in areas including human rights, internationally recognized worker rights, international economics, law (including international law), rule of law and other foreign assistance programming, Chinese politics, economy and culture, and the Chinese language.
**(e) Commission employees as congressional employees**
(1) **In general** — For purposes of pay and other employment benefits, rights, and privileges, and for all other purposes, any employee of the Commission shall be considered to be a congressional employee as defined in [section 2107 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Competitive status** — For purposes of section 3304(i)(1) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 5, employees of the Commission shall be considered as if they are in positions in which they are paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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For the purpose of this title, “Congressional employee” means—
(1) an employee of either House of Congress, of a committee of either House, or of a joint committee of the two Houses;
(2) an elected officer of either House who is not a Member of Congress;
(3) the Legislative Counsel of either House and an employee of his office;
(4) a member or employee of the Capitol Police;
(5) an employee of a Member of Congress if the pay of the employee is paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives;
(6) Repealed. Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(5)(A), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 196.]
(7) the Architect of the Capitol and an employee of the Architect of the Capitol;
(8) an employee of the Botanic Garden; and
(9) an employee of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.
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**(a) Authorization; disbursements**
(1) **Authorization** — There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions. Appropriations to the Commission are authorized to remain available until expended.
(2) **Disbursements** — Appropriations to the Commission shall be disbursed on vouchers approved—
(A) jointly by the Chairman and the Cochairman; or
(B) by a majority of the members of the personnel and administration committee established pursuant to [section 6918 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6918&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Foreign travel for official purposes** Foreign travel for official purposes by members and staff of the Commission may be authorized by either the Chairman or the Cochairman.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 6918
1 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
ity party, and four members shall be selected,
after consultation with the minority leader of
the Senate, from the minority party.
(3) One representative of the Department of
State, appointed by the President of the
United States from among officers and em-
ployees of that Department.
(4) One representative of the Department of
Commerce, appointed by the President of the
United States from among officers and em-
ployees of that Department.
(5) One representative of the Department of
Labor, appointed by the President of the
United States from among officers and em-
ployees of that Department.
(6) Two at-large representatives, appointed
by the President of the United States, from
among the officers and employees of the exec-
utive branch.
(b) Chairman and Cochairman
(1) Designation of Chairman
At the beginning of each odd-numbered Con-
gress, the President of the Senate, on the rec-
ommendation of the majority leader, shall
designate one of the members of the Commis-
sion from the Senate as Chairman of the Com-
mission. At the beginning of each even-num-
bered Congress, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall designate one of the
members of the Commission from the House as
Chairman of the Commission.
(2) Designation of Cochairman
At the beginning of each odd-numbered Con-
gress, the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives shall designate one of the members of
the Commission from the House as Cochair-
man of the Commission. At the beginning of
each even-numbered Congress, the President
of the Senate, on the recommendation of the
majority leader, shall designate one of the
members of the Commission from the Senate
as Coc
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