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[CITE: 10USC7212]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER 631--SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 7212. Employment of outside architects and engineers

    (a) Whenever the Secretary of the Navy believes that the existing 
facilities of the Department of the Navy are inadequate and he considers 
it advantageous to national defense, he may employ, by contract or 
otherwise, without advertising and without reference to sections 305, 
3324, and 7204, chapter 51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 
53 of title 5, architectural or engineering corporations, or firms, or 
individual architects or engineers, to produce designs, plans, drawings, 
and specifications for the accomplishment of any naval public works or 
utilities project or for the construction of any vessel or aircraft, or 
part thereof.
    (b) The fee for any service under this section may not exceed 6 
percent of the estimated cost, as determined by the Secretary, of the 
project to which the fee applies.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 444; Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 28, Nov. 
2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1119; Pub. L. 95-454, title VII, Sec. 703(c)(3), title 
VIII, Sec. 801(a)(3)(I), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1217, 1222; Pub. L. 96-
513, title V, Sec. 513(25), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2932.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7212..................................  34 U.S.C. 556.                       Ap
r. 25, 1939, ch. 87, Sec.  3, 53
                                                                              S
tat. 591.
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    In subsection (a) the word ``outside'' is omitted as surplusage and 
the words ``architects or engineers'' are inserted for clarity. The 
words ``without advertising'' are substituted for the reference to R.S. 
3609, for brevity and clarity.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``and 7204, chapter 
51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 53 of'' for ``5101-5115, 
5331-5338, 5341, 5342, and 7204 of title 5 and subchapter VI of chapter 
53 of such''.
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 801(a)(3)(I), inserted 
reference to subchapter VI of chapter 53 of title 5.
    Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 703(c)(3), substituted ``7204'' for ``7154''.
    1966--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-718 substituted ``sections 305, 3324, 
5101-5115, 5331-5338, 5341, 5342, and 7154 of title 5'' for ``sections 
1071-1153 of title 5''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by section 703(c)(3) of Pub. L. 95-454 effective 90 days 
after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as a 
note under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
    Amendment by section 801(a)(3)(I) of Pub. L. 95-454 effective on 
first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after 90th day 
after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 801(a)(4) of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as 
an Effective Date note under section 5361 of Title 5.
