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[CITE: 10USC129b]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                 CHAPTER 3--GENERAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 129b. Experts and consultants: authority to procure 
        services of
        
    (a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretaries of the military departments may--
        (1) procure the services of experts or consultants (or of 
    organizations of experts or consultants) in accordance with section 
    3109 of title 5; and
        (2) pay in connection with such services travel expenses of 
    individuals, including transportation and per diem in lieu of 
    subsistence while such individuals are traveling from their homes or 
    places of business to official duty stations and return as may be 
    authorized by law.

    (b) Conditions.--The services of experts or consultants (or 
organizations thereof) may be procured under subsection (a) only if the 
Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, as the case may be, determines that--
        (1) the procurement of such services is advantageous to the 
    United States; and
        (2) such services cannot adequately be provided by the 
    Department of Defense.

    (c) Regulations.--Procurement of the services of experts and 
consultants (or organizations thereof) under subsection (a) shall be 
carried out under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1481(b)(1), Nov. 5, 
1990, 104 Stat. 1704; amended Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1061(a)(2), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1472.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. 
L. 101-165, title IX, Sec. 9002, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1129, which 
was set out as a note under section 2241 of this title, prior to repeal 
by Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 1481(b)(3).


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-190 inserted ``of'' after ``services'' in section 
catchline.
