Editorial Notes
References in Text

Level III of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out in section 5314 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(A), is act June 8, 1938, ch. 327, 52 Stat. 631, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 611 et seq.) of chapter 11 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 611 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (d)(1)(D). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “sections 13143(a) and 13144(a)(4) of title 5,” for “sections 501(a) and 502(a)(4) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),”.

1997—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 105–85 added subsecs. (c) and (d).

1996—Pub. L. 104–201 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “There shall be an Administrator of the Commission, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the President.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Savings Provision

Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV, § 3523(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2860, provided that: “Nothing in this section [amending this section] (or section 3549(3) [section 3549 of Pub. L. 104–201 did not contain a par. (3) and is not classified to the Code]) shall be considered to affect—

“(1)
the tenure of the individual serving as Administrator of the Commission on the day before subsection (a) takes effect [section 3523(a) of Pub. L. 104–201, effective Sept. 23, 1996]; or
“(2)
until modified under section 1103(b) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 [subsec. (b) of this section], as amended by subsection (a), the compensation of the individual so serving.”