42 USC § 15203 - Board personnel matters

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s15203"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 15203 - Board personnel matters"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "15203"
section_name: "Board personnel matters"
chapter_number: 145
chapter_name: "PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MEDAL OF VALOR AND TRIBUTES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–12, § 4, May 30, 2001, 115 Stat. 21.)"
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# § 15203. Board personnel matters

**(a)** **Compensation of members**

**(1)** Except as provided in paragraph (2), each member of the Board shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5 for each day (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Board.

**(2)** All members of the Board who serve as officers or employees of the United States, a State, or a local government, shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for those services.

**(b)** **Travel expenses** The members of the Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Board.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–12, § 4, May 30, 2001, 115 Stat. 21.)