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§ 202. Appointment of Director. There shall be at the head, of the Office a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. § 203. Appointment of Deputy Director. There shall be in the Office a Deputy Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and w4th the advice and consent of the Senate. I h e Deputy Director shall perform such functions as the Director may assign or delegate, and shall act as Director during the absence or disability of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Director. § 204. Appointment of Assistant Directors. There shall be in the Office not to exceed six Assistant Directors appointed by the Director. § 205. Delegation. LTnless specifically prohibited by law, the Director may, without being relieved of his responsibility, perform any of his functions or duties, or exercise any of his powers through, or with the aid of, such persons in, or organizations of, the Office as he may designate. § 206. Officers and employees. (a) The Director may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to perform the functions vested in him. At the discretion of the Director, any officer or employee of the Office may be allowed and paid travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as is authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals employed intermittently. (b) In addition to the number of positions which may be placed in grades GS-16, 17, and 18 under section 510S of title 5, United States Code, and without prejudice to the placement of other positions in the Office in such grades under any authority other than this subsection, not to exceed ten positions in the Office may be placed in grades GS-16, 17, and 18, but in accordance with the procedures prescribed under such section 5108. The authority for such additional positions shall terminate on the date specified in section 104 of this Act. § 207. Employment of experts and consultants. The Director may procure services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and may pay a rate for such services not in excess of the rate in effect for gracle GS-18 of the General Schedule. The Director may employ individuals under this section without regard to any limitation, applicable to services procured under such section 3109, on the number of days or the period of such services, except that, at any one time, not morp than fifteen individuals may be employed under this section without regard, to such limitation. § 208. Acceptance of uncompensated services. The Director is authorized to accept and employ in furtherance of the purpose of this Act or any Federal drug abuse prevention function, voluntary and uncompensated services notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665 (b)). §209. Notice relating to the control of dangerous drugs. Whenever the Attorney General determines that there is evidence that (1) a drug or other substance, which is not a controlled substance (as defined in section 101(6) of the Controlled Substances -^^^^' ^^^ ^ potential for abuse, or
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