any salary, or any contribution to or sup-
plementation of salary from any source other 
than the State for services provided by the 
member or alternate to the Commission. 
(4) DETAILED EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—No person detailed to 
serve the Commission under subsection (e)(6) 
shall receive any salary or any contribution to 
or supplementation of salary for services pro-
vided to the Commission from— 
(i) any source other than the State, 
local, or intergovernmental department or 
agency from which the person was detailed; 
or 
(ii) the Commission. 
(B) VIOLATION.—Any person that violates 
this paragraph shall be fined not more than 
$5,000, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or 
both. 
(C) APPLICABLE
LAW.—The Federal co-
chairperson, the alternate Federal cochair-
person, and any Federal officer or employee de-
tailed to duty on the Commission under sub-
section (e)(5) shall not be subject to subpara-
graph (A), but shall remain subject to sections
202 through 209 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(5) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.— 
(A) COMPENSATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission 
may appoint and fix the compensation of 
an executive director and such other per-
sonnel as are necessary to enable the Com-
mission to carry out the duties of the Com-
mission. 
(ii) 
EXCEPTION.—Compensation 
under clause (i) shall not exceed the max-
imum rate for the Senior Executive Service 
under section 5382 of title 5, United 
States Code, including any applicable local-
ity-based comparability payment that may 
be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) 
of that title. 
(B) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The executive 
director shall be responsible for— 
(i) the carrying out of the administra-
tive duties of the Commission; 
(ii) direction of the Commission staff; 
and
(iii) such other duties as the Commis-
sion may assign. 
(C) NO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE STATUS.—No 
member, alternate, officer, or employee of the 
Commission (except the Federal cochairperson 
of the Commission, the alternate and staff for 
the Federal cochairperson, and any Federal em-
ployee detailed to the Commission under sub-
section (e)(5)) shall be considered to be a Fed-
eral employee for any purpose. 
(i) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), no State member, alternate, officer, 
or employee of the Commission shall participate per-
sonally and substantially as a member, alternate, of-
ficer, or employee of the Commission, through deci-
sion, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the 
rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise, in 
any proceeding, application, request for a ruling or 
other determination, contract, claim, controversy, or 
other matter in which, to knowledge of the member, 
alternate, officer, or employee any of the following 
persons has a financial interest: 
(A) The member, alternate, officer, or em-
ployee.
(B) The spouse, minor child, partner, or 
organization (other than a State or political 
subdivision of the State) of the member, alter-
nate, officer, or employee, in which the member, 
alternate, officer, or employee is serving as offi-
cer, director, trustee, partner, or employee. 
(C) Any person or organization with whom 
the member, alternate, officer, or employee is 
negotiating or has any arrangement concerning 
prospective employment. 
(2) DISCLOSURE.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply if the State member, alternate, officer, or em-
ployee— 
(A) immediately advises the Commission of 
the nature and circumstances of the proceeding, 
application, request for a ruling or other deter-
mination, contract, claim, controversy, or other 
particular matter presenting a potential conflict 
of interest; 
(B) makes full disclosure of the financial 
interest; and 
(C) before the proceeding concerning the 
matter presenting the conflict of interest, re-
ceives a written determination by the Commis-
sion that the interest is not so substantial as to