108 STAT. 1470 PUBLIC LAW 103-296—AUG. 15, 1994 Insurance Trust Fund, and the general fund of the Treasury, such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.". SEC. 104. PERSONNEL; BUDGETARY MATTERS; SEAL OF OFFICE. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 704 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 904) is amended to read as follows: "ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER "Personnel "SEC. 704. (a)(1) The Commissioner shall appoint such additional officers and employees as the Commissioner considers necessary to carry out the functions of the Administration under this Act, and attorneys and experts may be appointed without regard to the civil service laws. Except as otherwise provided in the preceding sentence or in any other provision of law, such officers and employees shall be appointed, and their compensation shall be fixed, in accordance with title 5, United States Code. "(2) The Commissioner may procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. "(3) Notwithstanding any requirements of section 3133 of title 5, United States Code, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall authorize for the Administration a total number of Senior Executive Service positions which is substantially greater than the number of such positions authorized in the Social Security Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services as of immediately before the date of the enactment of the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 to the extent that the greater number of such authorized positions is specified in the comprehensive work force plan as established and revised by the Commissioner under subsection (b)(2). The total number of such positions authorized for the Administration shall not at any time be less than the number of such authorized positions as of immediately before such date. "Budgetary Matters "(b)(1) The Commissioner shall prepare an annual budget for the Administration, which shall be submitted by the President to the Congress without revision, together with the President's annual budget for the Administration. "(2)(A) Appropriations requests for staffing and personnel of the Administration shall be based upon a comprehensive work force plan, which shall be established and revised from time to time by the Commissioner. "(B) Appropriations for administrative expenses of the Administration are authorized to be provided on a biennial basis. "Employment Restriction "(c) The total number of positions in the Administration (other than positions established under section 702) which— "(1) are held by noncareer appointees (within the meaning of section 3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code) in the Senior Executive Service, or
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