The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of Energy, respectively, shall appoint such attorneys, engineers, and other experts as may be necessary for carrying out the functions entrusted to them under this chapter, and shall fix the compensation of each of such attorneys, engineers, and other experts; and they may, subject to the civil-service laws, appoint such other officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out such functions and fix their salaries in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. In the administration of this chapter the services of regular employees in the Bureau may be utilized and an equitable part of the salaries of such employees whose services are thus utilized may be charged by the Bureau to the operating costs of the power features of the Fort Peck project. The Bureau similarly may utilize and charge for facilities of the Bureau which economically can be used in connection with the administration of this chapter.
May 18, 1938, ch. 250, § 952 Stat. 406July 26, 1947, ch. 34361 Stat. 501Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 78263 Stat. 972Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b)91 Stat. 578(, ; , title II, § 205(a), ; , title XI, § 1106(a), ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Provisions which authorized the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of Energy to appoint such attorneys, engineers, and other experts as may be necessary for carrying out the functions entrusted to them under this chapter “without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws”, and to fix their compensation “at not to exceed $7,500 per annum”, have been omitted as obsolete and superseded.
Act of Nov. 26, 1940, ch. 919, title I, § 154 Stat. 1211section 3301 of Title 5Such appointments are subject to the civil service laws unless specifically excepted by those laws or by laws enacted subsequent to Executive Order No. 8743, , issued by the President pursuant to the , , which covered most excepted positions into the classified (competitive) civil service. The Order is set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.
63 Stat. 972Pub. L. 89–55480 Stat. 632Section 5102 of Title 5section 5103 of Title 5As to the compensation of such personnel, sections 1202 and 1204 of the Classification Act of 1949, , 973, repealed the Classification Act of 1923 and all other laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the 1949 Act. The Classification Act of 1949 was repealed by , , § 8(a), , and reenacted as chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5. contains the applicability provisions of the 1949 Act, and authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to determine the applicability to specific positions and employees.
Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b)80 Stat. 631“Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted in text for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5.
Amendments
1949—Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II61 Stat. 501act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 641Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782Pub. L. 89–55480 Stat. 632, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by , , § 8, , 655.
Transfer of Functions
Power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines and attendant facilities, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(E), (3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and are to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within Department of Energy.
Pub. L. 95–91, § 301(b)section 7151(b) of Title 42“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Federal Power Commission” pursuant to , which is classified to .
The Federal Power Commission was terminated, and its functions, personnel, property, funds, etc., were transferred to the Secretary of Energy (except for certain functions which were transferred to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
64 Stat. 1265section 792 of this titleExecutive and administrative functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain reservations, transferred to Chairman of such Commission, with authority vested in him to authorize their performance by any officer, employee, or administrative unit under his jurisdiction, by Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3175, , set out as a note under .
64 Stat. 1262For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.