[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5103 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5103


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 4 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

                                Received

            October 8 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for an Executive 
Director of the General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

    (a) Position.--Section 752 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) The Comptroller General shall appoint as Executive 
Director of the Board an individual the Chairman selects. The Executive 
Director serves at the pleasure of the Chairman.
    ``(2) The Chairman shall fix the pay of the Executive Director. The 
rate of basic pay of the Executive Director shall be not less than 120 
percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the 
General Schedule and not greater than the rate of basic pay payable for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule.
    ``(3) The Executive Director is the chief administrative officer 
for the Board and performs such tasks as the Chair assigns.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The heading for section 752 of such 
title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 752. Chairman, General Counsel, and Executive Director''.
    (2) The table of sections for chapter 7 of such title is amended by 
amending the item relating to section 752 to read as follows:

        ``752. Chairman, General Counsel, and Executive Director.''.

SEC. 2. PAY RATE FOR GENERAL COUNSEL.

    The second sentence of section 752(b)(2) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: ``The rate of basic pay of the 
General Counsel shall be not less than 120 percent of the minimum rate 
of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule and not greater 
than the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule.''.

SEC. 3. PARTICIPATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM.

    Section 732 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(h) The Comptroller General may enter into interagency agreements 
with the Department of State and other executive agencies to permit the 
General Accounting Office to participate in programs for the provision 
of health care to government employees stationed abroad or performing 
temporary duty abroad.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 3, 1994.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.