Notes on 3 U.S.C. § 106 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 3 U.S.C. § 106 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678; Oct. 15, 1949, ch. 695, Sec.
2(b), 63 Stat. 880; Pub. L. 95-570, Sec. 1(a), Nov. 2, 1978, 92
Stat. 2446.)
AMENDMENTS                            
1978 - Pub. L. 95-570 inserted provisions relating to appointment
and determination of pay by the Vice President of employees and
procurement by the Vice President of temporary or intermittent
services of experts and consultants to enable the Vice President to
provide assistance to the President; appropriation of sums for the
official expenses of the Office of the Vice President, the official
entertainment expenses of the Vice President, and subsistence
expenses of Government personnel while traveling on official
business in connection with the travel of the Vice President;
accounting of sums by the Vice President; inspection, certification
and report to Congress by the Comptroller General concerning
expenditures; and allotment of assistance and services to the
spouse of the Vice President or to a member of the Vice President's
family; struck out provisions which authorized the President to
appoint and fix compensation of not to exceed six administrative
assistants and directed that each assistant perform such duties as
the President prescribed.
1949 - Act Oct. 15, 1949, struck out salary provisions. See
section 105 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT                 
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-570 applicable to any fiscal year
beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95-
570, set out as a note under section 102 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT                 
Amendment by act Oct. 15, 1949, effective on first day of first
pay period after Oct. 15, 1949, see section 9 of that act, set out
as a note under section 273 of Title 2, The Congress.
REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS TO GS-16, 17, OR 18 PAY RATES      
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or
to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be
considered references to rates payable under specified sections of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529
[title I, Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note
under section 5376 of Title 5.
FORMER PRESIDENT'S OFFICE STAFF                  
See note under section 102 of this title.
EX. ORD. NO. 11456. SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR LIAISON
WITH FORMER PRESIDENTS
Ex. Ord. No. 11456, Feb. 14, 1969, 34 F.R. 2301, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the
United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. There shall be in the White House Office a Special
Assistant to the President for Liaison with Former Presidents
(referred to hereinafter as the Special Assistant).
Sec. 2. (a) On behalf of the President, the Special Assistant
shall maintain channels of communication between the President and
each former living President of the United States, to the end that
(1) each such former President shall be kept abreast of such
developments as the President may desire; and (2) the President may
avail himself of the counsel and advice of any or all of such
former Presidents with respect to major matters, particularly of a
national security nature, currently confronting the President.
(b) The Special Assistant shall also - 
(1) Keep each former President currently informed of the major
aspects of such principal international and domestic problems as
the President directs;
(2) Arrange to secure from such former Presidents, or any of
them, and convey to the President, their views on such issues as
the President may designate; and
(3) Arrange to secure and convey to the President such views as
any of the former Presidents may wish to communicate to the
President on any issue of current interest or concern.
Sec. 3. (a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Executive
Secretary of the National Security Council shall each designate a
member of his staff as a point of contact for the Special
Assistant. The Special Assistant may call upon such designated
staff members to supply information and render such other
appropriate assistance as he may require in carrying out his duties
under section 2 of this Order.
(b) Upon request of the Special Assistant, the head of any
department or agency of the Federal Government shall designate a
member of his staff as a point of contact to supply information and
assistance for the Special Assistant in the performance of his
duties in the same manner as provided in subsection (a) for staff
members designated pursuant to that subsection.
Sec. 4. The Special Assistant shall be appointed by the President
and shall serve at the pleasure of the President. He shall receive
compensation at such rate as the President, consonant with law, may
prescribe.
Sec. 5. (a) The Special Assistant shall have such staff and other
assistance as may be necessary to carry out his duties under this
Order.
(b) The Special Assistant shall be provided with such office
space as may be necessary to carry out his duties under this Order,
and shall also be provided with such office space, and maintenance
thereof, as may be necessary for the use of former Presidents at
the seat of Government when they are engaged in any effort of
interest or concern to the President.
Sec. 6. (a) The compensation and expenses of the Special
Assistant and members of his staff shall be paid from the
appropriation under the heading "Special" in the Executive Office
Appropriation Act, 1969, or any corresponding appropriation which
may be made for subsequent fiscal years, or from such other
appropriated funds as may be available under law.
(b) The General Services Administration shall provide, on a
reimbursable basis, such administrative services and facilities for
the Special Assistant as the White House Office may request.
Richard Nixon.