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B-175155 1 (1976-07-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadufw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~COMPTIAOLLER GENERAL OF TH4E UNITEM STATES i- WASHINGTON, D.C. Z048 the OJUL 19 76 Mr. Arthur D. Lewis Chairman of the Board United States Railway Association 2100 Second Street, S. W. Washington. D C. 20595 Dear Mr. Lewis: We refer to your letter of June 18, 1976, requesting our opinion as to whether, in view of the provisions of section 202(a)(5)Xof the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, fringe benefits adminis- tratively provided for officers and other employees of the United States Railway Association in the form of retirement benefits and reimbursement of commutation costs, would be accepted as a nornal benefit of Executive Level I officials and, therefore, constitue legal payments. The Regional Fail Reorganization Act of 1973, approved January 2, 1974, P b. L. No. 93-236, which in major part appears at 45 U. S. C. S 701et ~sea, (Supp* IV, 1974), established the United States Railway Ass6-at-Tn as an incorporated nonprofit association whose powers include the preparation and implementation of a final system plan for rail service in the midwest and northeast regions of the United States. Its employees are not employees of the Federal Government. 45 U.S.C. SS 711, 712(a)(l).V/ Section 202(a)(5) of the Act, 45 U. S. C. § 712(a)(5),Yprovides in pertinent part, as follows (quoting from the Code): (5) appoint, fix the compensation, and assign the duties of such attorneys, agents, consultants, and other full- and p4t-time em- ployees as it deems necessary or appropriate;. except that (1) no officer of the Association, including the Chairman, may receive compen- sation at a rate in excess of that prescribed for level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of Title5 * * *. (Emphasis added.)

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