PUBLIC LAW 102-166—NOV. 21, 1991 105 STAT. 1089 (1) IN GENERAL.— The Office shall be headed by a Director (referred to in this title as the "Director") who shall be appointed by the President pro tempore, upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader in consultation with the Minority Leader. The appointment shall be made without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position. The Director shall be appointed for a term of service which shall expire at the end of the Congress following the Congress during which the Director is appointed. A Director may be reappointed at the termination of any term of service. The President pro tempore, upon the joint recommendation of the Majority Leader in consultation with the Minority Leader, may remove the Director at any time. (2) SALARY.—The President pro tempore, upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader in consultation with the Minority Leader, shall establish the rate of pay for the Director, The salary of the Director may not be reduced during the employment of the Director and shall be increased at the same time and in the same manner as fixed statutory salary rates within the Senate are adjusted as a result of annual comparability increases. (3) ANNUAL BUDGET. —The Director shall submit an annual budget request for the Office to the Committee on Appropriations. (4) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.— The first Director shall be appointed and begin service within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and thereafter the Director shall be appointed and begin service within 30 days after the beginning of the session of the Congress immediately following the termination of a Director's term of service or within 60 days after a vacancy occurs in the position. (c) STAFF OF THE OFFICE. — (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Director may appoint and fix the compensation of such additional staff, including hearing officers, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. (2) DETAILEES.—The Director may, with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis the services of any such department or agency, including the services of members or personnel of the General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board. (3) CONSULTANTS. —In carrying out the functions of the Office, the Director may procure the temporary (not to exceed 1 year) or intermittent services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, in the same manner and under the same conditions as a standing committee of the Senate may procure such services under section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)). (d) EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE.— In fiscal year 1992, the expenses of the Office shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate from the appropriation account Miscellaneous Items. Beginning in Appropriation fiscal year 1993, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is au- authorization, thorized to be appropriated for the expenses of the Office such sums as shall be necessary to carry out its functions. In all cases, expenses shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Director, except that a voucher shall not be required for—
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