(1) In general To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Commission may contract with and compensate government and private agencies or persons for the conduct of activities necessary to the discharge of its duties under section 3, without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United States Code. (2) Termination A contract, lease, or other legal agreement entered into by the Commission may not extend beyond the date of termination of the Commission. 6. Staff (a) Director The Commission shall have a Director who shall be appointed and may be removed by a majority vote of the Commission. The Director shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule. (b) Staff (1) In general The Director may appoint such personnel as the Director determines to be appropriate. Such personnel shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule and may be removed by the Director, subject to a majority vote of the members of the Commission. (2) Additional staff The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of such other personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its duties, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the equivalent of that payable to a person occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule. (c) Experts and consultants With the approval of the Commission, the Director may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. (d) Detail of Government employees Upon the request of the Commission, the head of any Federal agency may detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of such agency to the Commission to assist in carrying