3 U.S.C. § 105 : US Code - Section 105: Assistance and services for the President

Search 3 U.S.C. § 105 : US Code - Section 105: Assistance and services for the President

(a)(1) Subject to the provisons (!1) of paragraph (2) of this
subsection, the President is authorized to appoint and fix the pay
of employees in the White House Office without regard to any other
provision of law regulating the employment or compensation of
persons in the Government service. Employees so appointed shall
perform such official duties as the President may prescribe.
(2) The President may, under paragraph (1) of this subsection,
appoint and fix the pay of not more than - 
(A) 25 employees at rates not to exceed the rate of basic pay
then currently paid for level II of the Executive Schedule of
section 5313 of title 5; and in addition
(B) 25 employees at rates not to exceed the rate of basic pay
then currently paid for level III of the Executive Schedule of
section 5314 of title 5; and in addition
(C) 50 employees at rates not to exceed the maximum rate of
basic pay then currently paid for GS-18 of the General Schedule
of section 5332 of title 5; and in addition
(D) such number of other employees as he may determine to be
appropriate at rates not to exceed the minimum rate of basic pay
then currently paid for GS-16 of the General Schedule of section
5332 of title 5.
(b)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this
subsection, the President is authorized to appoint and fix the pay
of employees in the Executive Residence at the White House without
regard to any other provision of law regulating the employment or
compensation of persons in the Government service. Employees so
appointed shall perform such official duties as the President may
prescribe.
(2) The President may, under paragraph (1) of this subsection,
appoint and fix the pay of not more than - 
(A) 3 employees at rates not to exceed the maximum rate of
basic pay then currently paid for GS-18 of the General Schedule
of section 5332 of title 5; and in addition
(B) such number of other employees as he may determine to be
appropriate at rates not to exceed the minimum rate of basic pay
then currently paid for GS-16 of the General Schedule of section
5332 of title 5.
(c) The President is authorized to procure for the White House
Office and the Executive Residence at the White House, as provided
in appropriation Acts, temporary or intermittent services of
experts and consultants, as described in and in accordance with the
first two sentences of section 3109(b) of title 5 - 
(1) in the case of the White House Office, at respective daily
rates of pay for individuals which are not more than the daily
equivalent of the rate of basic pay then currently paid for level
II of the Executive Schedule of section 5313 of title 5; and
(2) in the case of the Executive Residence, at respective daily
rates of pay for individuals which are not more than the daily
equivalent of the maximum rate of basic pay then currently paid
for GS-18 of the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5.
Notwithstanding such section 3109(b), temporary services of any
expert or consultant described in such section 3109(b) may be
procured for a period in excess of one year if the President
determines such procurement is necessary.
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated each fiscal year to
the President such sums as may be necessary for - 
(1) the care, maintenance, repair, alteration, refurnishing,
improvement, air-conditioning, heating, and lighting (including
electric power and fixtures) of the Executive Residence at the
White House;
(2) the official expenses of the White House Office;
(3) the official entertainment expenses of the President;
(4) the official entertainment expenses for allocation within
the Executive Office of the President; and
(5) the subsistence expenses of persons in the Government
service while traveling on official business in connection with
the travel of the President.
Sums appropriated under this subsection for expenses described in
paragraphs (1), (3), and (5) may be expended as the President may
determine, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law. Such
sums shall be accounted for solely on the certificate of the
President, except that, with respect to such expenses, the
Comptroller General may inspect all necessary books, documents,
papers, and records relating to any such expenditures solely for
the purpose of verifying that all such expenditures related to
expenses in paragraph (1), (3), or (5). The Comptroller General
shall certify to Congress the fact of such verification, and shall
report any such expenses not expended for such purpose.
(e) Assistance and services authorized pursuant to this section
to the President are authorized to be provided to the spouse of the
President in connection with assistance provided by such spouse to
the President in the discharge of the President's duties and
responsibilities. If the President does not have a spouse, such
assistance and services may be provided for such purposes to a
member of the President's family whom the President designates.