Labor - 29 USC Section 154

01/19/04

Sec. 154. National Labor Relations Board; eligibility for
reappointment; officers and employees; payment of expenses

(a) Each member of the Board and the General Counsel of the Board
shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall not engage in any
other business, vocation, or employment. The Board shall appoint an
executive secretary, and such attorneys, examiners, and regional
directors, and such other employees as it may from time to time
find necessary for the proper performance of its duties. The Board
may not employ any attorneys for the purpose of reviewing
transcripts of hearings or preparing drafts of opinions except that
any attorney employed for assignment as a legal assistant to any
Board member may for such Board member review such transcripts and
prepare such drafts. No administrative law judge's report shall be
reviewed, either before or after its publication, by any person
other than a member of the Board or his legal assistant, and no
administrative law judge shall advise or consult with the Board
with respect to exceptions taken to his findings, rulings, or
recommendations. The Board may establish or utilize such regional,
local, or other agencies, and utilize such voluntary and
uncompensated services, as may from time to time be needed.
Attorneys appointed under this section may, at the direction of the
Board, appear for and represent the Board in any case in court.
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize the
Board to appoint individuals for the purpose of conciliation or
mediation, or for economic analysis.
(b) All of the expenses of the Board, including all necessary
traveling and subsistence expenses outside the District of Columbia
incurred by the members or employees of the Board under its orders,
shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers
therefor approved by the Board or by any individual it designates
for that purpose.

AMENDMENTS
1947 - Act June 23, 1947, amended section generally by increasing
Board members' salaries from $10,000 to $12,000 per annum, by
providing a salary of $12,000 per annum for the General Counsel,
striking out former subsec. (b) relating to termination of "Old
Board", and redesignating subsec. (c) relating to payment of
expenses of Board as subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1947 AMENDMENT
For effective date of amendment by act June 23, 1947, see section
104 of act June 23, 1947, set out as a note under section 151 of
this title.

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