; (D) delegate any of the Director’s functions, powers, and duties to such officers and employees of the Office as he may designate; and (E) authorize such successive re-delegations of such functions, powers, and duties to such officers and employees of the Office as he may deem appropriate. (d) Attendance and participation in National Security Council meetings Section 101(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(2) ) is amended by striking and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and inserting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Cyber Director . (e) Powers of the Director The Director may, for the purposes of carrying out the Director’s functions under this section— (1) subject to the civil service and classification laws, select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as are necessary and prescribe their authority and duties, except that not more than 75 individuals may be employed without regard to any provision of law regulating the employment or compensation at rates not to exceed the basic rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code; (2) employ experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and compensate individuals so employed for each day (including travel time) at rates not in excess of the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS–15 as provided in section 5332 of such title, and while such experts and consultants are so serving away from their homes or regular place of business, to pay such employees travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates authorized by section 5703 of such title 5 for persons in Federal Government service employed intermittently; (3) promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and duties vested in the Director; (4) utilize, with their consent, the services, personnel, and facilities of other Federal agencies