6 USC § 495 - Staff composition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s495"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 495 - Staff composition"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "495"
section_name: "Staff composition"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title IX, § 905, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2259.)"
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# § 495. Staff composition

The Council shall have a staff, the head of which shall be a civilian Executive Secretary, who shall be appointed by the President. The President is authorized to fix the pay of the Executive Secretary at a rate not to exceed the rate of pay payable to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title IX, § 905, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2259.)