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U.S. Code as of:
01/3/05
Section 106. Assistance and services for the Vice President
(a) In order to enable the Vice President to provide assistance
to the President in connection with the performance of functions
specially assigned to the Vice President by the President in the
discharge of executive duties and responsibilities, the Vice
President is authorized -
(1) without regard to any other provision of law regulating the
employment or compensation of persons in the Government service,
to appoint and fix the pay of not more than -
(A) 5 employees at rates not to exceed the rate of basic pay
then currently paid for level II of the Executive Schedule of
section 5313 of title 5; and in addition
(B) 3 employees at rates not to exceed the rate of basic pay
then currently paid for level III of the Executive Schedule of
section 5314 of title 5; and in addition
(C) 3 employees at rates not to exceed the maximum rate of
basic pay then currently paid for GS-18 of the General Schedule
of section 5332 of title 5; and in addition
(D) such number of other employees as he may determine to be
appropriate at rates not to exceed the minimum rate of basic
pay then currently paid for GS-16 of the General Schedule of
section 5332 of title 5; and
(2) to procure, as provided in appropriation Acts, temporary or
intermittent services of experts and consultants, as described in
and in accordance with the first two sentences of section 3109(b)
of title 5, at respective daily rates of pay for individuals
which are not more than the daily equivalent of the rate of basic
pay then currently paid for level II of the Executive Schedule of
section 5313 of title 5.
Notwithstanding such section 3109(b), temporary services of any
expert or consultant described in such section 3109(b) may be
procured under paragraph (2) of this subsection for a period in
excess of one year if the Vice President determines such
procurement is necessary.
(b) In order to carry out the executive duties and
responsibilities referred to in subsection (a), there are
authorized to be appropriated each fiscal year to the Vice
President such sums as may be necessary for -
(1) the official expenses of the Office of the Vice President;
(2) the official entertainment expenses of the Vice President;
and
(3) the subsistence expenses of persons in the Government
service while traveling on official business in connection with
the travel of the Vice President.
Sums appropriated under this subsection for expenses described in
paragraphs (2) and (3) may be expended as the Vice President may
determine, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law. Such
sums shall be accounted for solely on the certificate of the Vice
President, except that, with respect to such expenses, the
Comptroller General may inspect all necessary books, documents,
papers, and records relating to any such expenditures solely for
the purpose of verifying that all such expenditures related to
expenses in paragraph (2) or (3). The Comptroller General shall
certify to Congress the fact of such verification, and shall report
any such expenses not expended for such purpose.
(c) Assistance and services authorized pursuant to this section
to the Vice President are authorized to be provided to the spouse
of the Vice President in connection with assistance provided by
such spouse to the Vice President in the discharge of the Vice
President's executive duties and responsibilities. If the Vice
President does not have a spouse, such assistance and services may
be provided for such purposes to a member of the Vice President's
family whom the Vice President designates.
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