by law, such officers and employees shall be appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and the compensation of such employees shall be fixed in accordance with section 4802 of title 5, United States Code. The Commission shall, in accordance with such section, adjust the compensation of employees so that the compensation of employees transferred from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission pursuant to subsection (b) and the compensation of employees transferred from the Securities and Exchange Commission under such subsection are aligned. In making such an adjustment, the Commission shall not reduce the compensation of any employee. (b) Transfer of employees (1) In general All employees of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be transferred to the Commission. Each employee to be transferred under this subsection shall be transferred not later than 90 days after the effective date set forth in section 601. (2) Employee status and functions (A) Status The transfer of employees under this section shall not affect the status of the transferred employees as employees of an agency of the United States under any provision of law. Each transferred employee shall be placed in a position at the Commission with the same status and tenure as the transferred employee held on the day before the date on which the employee was transferred. (B) Functions To the extent practicable, each transferred employee shall be placed in a position at the Commission responsible for the same functions and duties as the transferred employee had on the day before the date on which the employee was transferred, in accordance with the expertise and preferences of the transferred employee. (3) Personnel actions limited (A) Protection Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each transferred employee shall not, during the 3-year period beginning on the transfer date, be involuntarily separated, or involuntarily reassigned outside his or her locality pay area. (B) Exceptions Subparagraph