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‘‘(8) accept, use, and dispose of gifts or dona-
tions of services or real, personal, tangible, or intan-
gible property; 
‘‘(9) enter into and perform such contracts, 
leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions 
as are necessary to carry out Authority duties, in-
cluding any contracts, leases, or cooperative agree-
ments with— 
‘‘(A) any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States; 
‘‘(B) any State (including a political sub-
division, agency, or instrumentality of the 
State); or 
‘‘(C) any person, firm, association, or cor-
poration; and 
‘‘(10) establish and maintain a central office 
and field offices at such locations as the Authority 
may select. 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATION.—A Federal 
agency shall— 
‘‘(1) cooperate with the Authority; and 
‘‘(2) provide, on request of the Federal cochair-
person, appropriate assistance in carrying out this 
chapter, in accordance with applicable Federal laws 
(including regulations). 
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‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Administrative expenses of 
the Authority (except for the expenses of the Fed-
eral cochairperson, including expenses of the alter-
nate and staff of the Federal cochairperson, which 
shall be paid solely by the Federal Government) 
shall be paid— 
‘‘(A) by the Federal Government, in an 
amount equal to 50 percent of the administra-
tive expenses; and 
‘‘(B) by the States in the region partici-
pating in the Authority, in an amount equal to 
50 percent of the administrative expenses. 
‘‘(2) STATE SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The share of adminis-
trative expenses of the Authority to be paid by 
each State shall be determined by the Author-
ity. 
‘‘(B) NO FEDERAL PARTICIPATION.—The 
Federal cochairperson shall not participate or 
vote in any decision under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) DELINQUENT STATES.—If a State is 
delinquent in payment of the State’s share of 
administrative expenses of the Authority under 
this subsection— 
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‘‘(i) no assistance under this chapter 
shall be furnished to the State (including 
assistance to a political subdivision or a 
resident of the State); and 
‘‘(ii) no member of the Authority from 
the State shall participate or vote in any 
action by the Authority. 
‘‘(h) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL COCHAIRPERSON.—The Federal 
cochairperson shall be compensated by the Federal 
Government at level III of the Executive Schedule in 
subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATE FEDERAL COCHAIRPERSON.— 
The alternate Federal cochairperson— 
‘‘(A) shall be compensated by the Federal 
Government at level V of the Executive Sched-
ule described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) when not actively serving as an alter-
nate for the Federal cochairperson, shall per-
form such functions and duties as are delegated 
by the Federal cochairperson. 
‘‘(3) STATE MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State shall com-
pensate each member and alternate rep-
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resenting the State on the Authority at the rate 
established by law of the State. 
‘‘(B) NO
ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION.— 
No State member or alternate member shall re-
ceive 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 Authority. 
‘‘(4) DETAILED EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No person detailed to 
serve the Authority under subsection (e)(6) 
shall receive any salary or any contribution to 
or supplementation of salary for services pro-
vided to the Authority from— 
‘‘(i) any source other than the State, 
local, or intergovernmental department or 
agency from which the person was detailed; 
or 
‘‘(ii) the Authority. 
‘‘(B) VIOLATION.—Any person that vio-
lates 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-
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person, and any Federal officer or employee de-
tailed to duty on the Authority 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 Authority 
may appoint and fix the compensation of 
an executive director and such other per-
sonnel as are necessary to enable the Au-
thority to carry out the duties of the Au-
thority. 
‘‘(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 execu-
tive director shall be responsible for— 
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