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§ 7471. Employees
(a) Appointment and compensation
(1) Clerk
(2) Judge-appointed employees
(A) In general
(B) Exemption from Federal leave provisions
(3) Other employees
(4) Pay
(5) Programs
(6) Discrimination prohibited
The Tax Court shall—
(A) prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, or handicapping condition; and
(B) promulgate procedures for resolving complaints of discrimination by employees and applicants for employment.
(7) Experts and consultants
(8) Rights to certain appeals reserved
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who is an employee of the Tax Court on the day before the effective date of this subsection and who, as of that day, was entitled to—
(A) appeal a reduction in grade or removal to the Merit Systems Protection Board under chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code,
(B) appeal an adverse action to the Merit Systems Protection Board under chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code,
(C) appeal a prohibited personnel practice described under section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, to the Merit Systems Protection Board under chapter 77 of that title,
(D) make an allegation of a prohibited personnel practice described under section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, with the Office of Special Counsel under chapter 12 of that title for action in accordance with that chapter, or
(E) file an appeal with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under part 1614 of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
shall continue to be entitled to file such appeal or make such an allegation so long as the individual remains an employee of the Tax Court.
(9) Competitive status
(10) Merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, and preference eligibles
Any personnel management system of the Tax Court shall—
(A) include the principles set forth in section 2301(b) of title 5, United States Code;
(B) prohibit personnel practices prohibited under section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code; and
(C) in the case of any individual who would be a preference eligible in the executive branch, provide preference for that individual in a manner and to an extent consistent with preference accorded to preference eligibles in the executive branch.
(b) Expenses for travel and subsistence
(c) Special trial judges
(Aug. 6, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 888; Pub. L. 91–172, title IX, § 960(g), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 734; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(47), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1831; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title IV, § 464(d), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 825; Pub. L. 99–514, title XV, § 1556(b)(2), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2755; Pub. L. 111–366, § 1(a), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4063.)