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ø(A) 
CHAIRMAN.—The 
chairman 
shall be compensated at a rate equal 
to the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay in effect for a posi-
tion at level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code, for each day dur-
ing which the chairman is engaged in 
the actual performance of the duties 
of the Board. 
ø(B) MEMBERS.—Each member of 
the Board shall be compensated at a 
rate equal to the daily equivalent of 
the annual rate of basic pay in effect 
for a position at level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code, for each 
day during which that member is en-
gaged in the actual performance of 
the duties of the Board. 
ø(2) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Members of 
the Board shall be allowed travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for persons 
employed intermittently by the Govern-
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ment under section 5703(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, while away from 
their homes or regular places of business 
in the performance of services for the 
Board. 
ø(k) STAFF.— 
ø(1) 
APPOINTMENT
AND
COMPENSA-
TION.—The Chairman, in accordance with 
rules agreed upon by the Board, shall ap-
point and fix the compensation of an ex-
ecutive director and such other per-
sonnel as may be necessary to enable the 
Board to carry out its functions, without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing appointments in 
the competitive service, and without re-
gard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title 
relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of 
pay fixed under this subsection may ex-
ceed the equivalent of that payable for a 
position at level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, 
United States Code.
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ø(2) 
DETAILEES.—Any 
Federal 
em-
ployee may be detailed to the Board with-
out reimbursement from the Board, and 
such detailee shall retain the rights, sta-
tus, and privileges of the detailee’s reg-
ular employment without interruption. 
ø(3) 
CONSULTANT
SERVICES.—The 
Board may procure the temporary or 
intermittent services of experts and con-
sultants in accordance with section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, at rates 
that do not exceed the daily rate paid a 
person occupying a position at level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of such title. 
ø(l) SECURITY
CLEARANCES.—The appro-
priate Federal executive departments and 
agencies shall cooperate with the Board to ex-
peditiously provide the Board members and 
staff with appropriate security clearances to 
the extent possible under existing procedures 
and requirements, except that no person shall 
be provided with access to classified informa-
tion under this section without the appro-
priate security clearances.
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ø(m) TREATMENT AS AGENCY, NOT AS ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE.—The Board— 
ø(1) is an agency (as defined in sec-
tion 551(1) of title 5, United States Code); 
and 
ø(2) is not an advisory committee (as 
defined in section 3(2) of the Federal Ad-
visory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)). 
ø(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
øCHAPTER 2—MUTUAL AID AND 
LITIGATION MANAGEMENT 
øSEC. 5101. SHORT TITLE. 
øThis chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Mutual 
Aid and Litigation Management Authoriza-
tion Act of 2004’’. 
øSEC. 5102. MUTUAL AID AUTHORIZED. 
ø(a) AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREE-
MENTS.— 
ø(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorized rep-
resentative of a State, locality, or the 
Federal Government may enter into an 
interstate mutual aid agreement or a mu-
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tual aid agreement with the Federal Gov-
ernment on behalf of the State, locality, 
or Federal Government under which, at 
the request of any party to the agree-
ment, the other party to the agreement 
may— 
ø(A) provide law enforcement, 
fire, rescue, emergency health and 
medical services, transportation, com-
munications, public works and engi-
neering, mass care, and resource sup-
port in an emergency or public serv-
ice event occurring in the jurisdiction 
of the requesting party; 
ø(B) provide other services to pre-
pare for, mitigate, manage, respond 
to, or recover from an emergency or 
public service event occurring in the 
jurisdiction of the requesting party; 
and 
ø(C) participate in training events 
occurring in the jurisdiction of the 
requesting party. 
ø(b) LIABILITY AND ACTIONS AT LAW.—