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§ 3127. Support for Advisory Board
(a) Appointment of staff
To assist the Advisory Board in the performance of its duties, the Secretary may appoint, after consultation with the chairperson of the Advisory Board—
(1) a full-time executive director who shall perform such duties as the chairperson of the Advisory Board may direct and who shall receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the rate payable for GS–18 of the General Schedule established in section 5332 of title 5; and
(2) a professional staff of not more than five full-time employees qualified in the food and agricultural sciences, of which one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Advisory Board.
(b) Additional clerical assistance and staff personnel
(c) Assistance of outside personnel
(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1412, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 991; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1413, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1302; Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1605(b)(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3713; Pub. L. 102–237, title IV, § 402(5), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1863; Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, §§ 852(b)(3), 853(b)(4), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1171, 1172; Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 606(c)(1), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 603.)