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The OLvil Service Oommission would not oppose the $100 a clay rate for mem- 

 bers of the proposed Commission. However, it should be notetl that in recent 

 legislation the daily rate or maximum rate for such intermittent services is 

 generally expressed as the daily equivalent of the rate for GS-18 ($138.48). 

 Use of a General Schedule rate, rather than a fixed dollar amount, provides 

 greater flexibility by hiavLng the pay for the members adjust automatically when 

 salaries for most regular full-time employees are changed. 



With reference to the compensation for the Executive Director of the Marine 

 Mammal Commission, there is no apparent justification for not applying the job 

 evaluation and pay p' risions of the General Schedule system which is generally 

 applicable to Federal employees. AVe therefore recommend that the first sen- 

 tence in section 201(e) be amended by deleting the i>art relating to compensation. 

 This deletion will have the effect of making the General Schedule pay system 

 applicable to the position of the Executive Director. 



Section 203 of H. R. 10420 requires the Marine Mammal Commission to estab- 

 lish a Committee on Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals which will consist 

 of nine specially qualified scientists. There is no indication in the bill as to 

 whether these scientists will serve on a full-time or on a part-time basis. If they 

 are full-tame employee, their salaries will be determined under the General 

 Schedule job evaluation and piay provisions. If they are to serve on a part-time 

 basis, the bill should so state and should include language about whether they 

 are to be comipensated and if so, what the per diem rate or maximiun limitation 

 is to be. 



'The OfBce of Management and Budget advises that from the standpoint of the 

 Administration's program there is no objection to the submission of this report 



By direction of the Commission : 

 Sincerely yours, 



Robert E. Hampton. Chairman. 



General Services Administration, 

 Washington, D.C., September 17, 1971. 

 Hon. Edward A. Garmatz, 



Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 

 House of Representatives, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : Your letters of August 10 and 17, 1971, requested the 

 views of the General Services Admini^ration on H. R. 6554, H. R. 6558, H. R. 

 7463, H.R. 10420, and H.R. 8183 relating to the protection of ocean mammals. 



GSA defers to the agencies more directly concerned as to the merits of the 

 proposed bills, but does offer the following technical comments on H. R. 10420. 



1. It is not clear whether appointments to the Oommission (Sec. 201 (e) and 

 Sec. 203) are to be made in accordance with or without regard to Civil Service 

 rules and regulations and the Classification Act. 



2. If the Commission is to employ experts and consultants, the following 

 language should be added to See. 206 : 



"(5) May procure services of experts or consultants or an organization thereof 

 as authorized under Section 3109, Title 5, U.S.C, but at rates for individuals 



not to exceed $ per diem." 



The OflSce of Management and Budget has adrised that, from the standpoint 

 of the Administration's progr'am, there is no objection to the submission of this 

 report to your Committee. 

 Sincerely, 



Harold S. Tammer, Jr., 

 Assistant Administrator, 



U.S. Department of the Interior, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, D.C, September 9, 1971. 

 Hon. Edward A. Garmatz, 



Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representa- 

 tives, Washington, D.C. 

 Dear Mr. Chairman : "We respond to your request for comment on H.R. 690, 

 a bill "To require the Secretary of the Interior to make a comprehensive study 

 of the polar bear and walrus for the puropse of developing adequate conservation 



