; nonpartisanship of position The individual appointed as Director shall be a lawyer who is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and who has experience in representing employees in workplace discrimination cases. (3) Compensation The Director shall be paid at an annual rate established by the Secretary of the Senate. (4) Removal The Director may be removed by the Secretary of the Senate only for cause. (f) Other personnel Subject to regulations of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and with the approval of the Secretary of the Senate, the Director may appoint and fix the compensation of such additional personnel as the Director determines to be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office. (g) Nonpartisanship of positions The Director and the other personnel of the Office shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position. (h) Exercise of rulemaking powers Congress adopts the provisions of this section— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of the Senate and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such other rules