(a) Directors and Assistant Directors.—
(1) The Secretary shall assign to each State a representative of the Veterans Employment and Training Service to serve as the Director for Veterans Employment and Training, and shall assign full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel to each such Director.
(2) Each Director for Veterans Employment and Training for a State shall, at the time of appointment, have been a bona fide resident of the State for at least two years.
(3) Full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel assigned to Directors for Veterans Employment and Training shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter
51 and subchapter III of chapter
53 of title
5.