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[80 STAT. 328]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1966
[80 STAT. 328]

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PUBLIC LAW 89-519-JULY 26, 1966

[80 STAT.

behalf an application for a bail determination shall have been submitted. (c) Such information as may be contained in the agency's files or presented in its report or which shall be divulged during the course of any hearing shall be used only for the purpose of a bail determination and shall otherwise be confidential except for members of the agency staff, and such members shall not be subject to subpena concerning information in their possession and such information shall not be the subject of court process for use in any other proceeding. (d) The preparation by the agency and the submission of its report as provided in section 4 shall be accomplished at the earliest practicable opportunity. (e) A judicial officer in making a bail determination shall consider the agency's report and its accompanying recommendation, if any. The judicial officer may impose such terms and set such conditions upon release as shall appear warranted by the facts presented, except that such judicial officer may not establish any term or condition for release not otherwise authorized by law (including the Bail Reform Ante. p. 214. Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-465)). . Executive comSEC. 5. (a) The agency shall function under authority of and be mittee Membership. respousible to an executive committee of five members of which three shall constitute a quorum. The executive committee shall be composed of the respective chief judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, or if circumstances may require, the designee of any such chief judge; and a fifth member who shall be selected by such chief judges. Director. ^]^^ Witliiu thirty days of the date of enactment of this Act, the executive committee shall meet and shall appoint a Director of the Agency who shall be a member of the bar of the District of Columbia. SEC. 6. The Director of the agency shall be responsible for the supervision and execution of the duties of the agency. The Director shall receive such compensation as may be set by the executive committee but not in excess of that amount classified as GS-1^ in the Classifinte, p. 288. cation Act of 1949, as amended. The Director shall hold office at the pleasure of the executive committee. pio^ment^and^"" ^^^" ^" "^^^^ Director, subject to the approval of the executive comciassification. mittee, shall employ a chief assistant and such assisting and clerical staff and may make assignments of such agency personnel as may be necessary properly to conduct the business of the agency. The staff of the agency, other than clerical, shall be drawn from law students, graduate students, or such other available sources as may be approved by the executive committee. The chief assistant to the Director shall receive compensation as may be set by the executive committee, but in an amount not in excess of that classified as GS-11 in the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the executive committee. All other employees of the agency shall receive compensation as set by the executive committee, but in amounts not in excess of that classified as GS-7 in said Classification Act; salaries of clerical personnel shall be set at levels comparable to those allowed in the offices of the Legal Aid Agency and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. From time to time, the Director, subject to the approval of the executive committee, may set merit and longevity salary increases. Report to execugj,^. 8. The Direotor shall on June 15 of each year submit to the tive committee Congress, etc' cxecutive committee a report as to the agency's administration of its