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[CITE: 15USC2451]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 51--NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2451. Authority of Executive Director

    The Executive Director is authorized to--
        (1) prescribe such regulations as are deemed necessary to carry 
    out the purposes of this chapter;
        (2) receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, or 
    devised, or remitted in payment for services rendered, without 
    condition or restriction other than that it be for the purposes of 
    the Center;
        (3) receive (and use, sell, or otherwise dispose of, in 
    accordance with clause (2)) money or other property donated, 
    bequeathed, or devised to the Center, except for such money and 
    other property which includes a condition that the Center use other 
    funds of the Center for the purpose of the gift, in which case two-
    thirds of the members of the Board of the Center must approve such 
    donations;
        (4) appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be 
    necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter in accordance 
    with the provisions of title 5, governing appointments in the 
    competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
    III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and 
    General Schedule pay rates;
        (5) obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance 
    with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, at rates for 
    individuals not to exceed the maximum daily rate prescribed for GS-
    18 under section 5332 of title 5;
        (6) accept and utilize the services of voluntary and 
    noncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses, 
    including per diem as authorized by section 5703 of title 5;
        (7) utilize, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis the 
    services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any other 
    department or agency of the United States;
        (8) establish one or more task forces to assist and advise the 
    Center, composed of individuals who, by reason of experience, are 
    qualified for such service. Each member of any such task force who 
    is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government may receive 
    an amount not to exceed the maximum daily rate prescribed for GS-18 
    under section 5332 of title 5 for each day such individual is 
    engaged in the actual performance of duties (including traveltime) 
    as a member of such a task force. Members may be reimbursed for 
    travel, subsistence, and necessary expenses incurred in the 
    performance of their duties; and
        (9) make advances, progress, and other payments deemed necessary 
    under this chapter without regard to the provisions of section 
    3324(a) and (b) of title 31.

(Pub. L. 94-136, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 741.)

                       References in Text

    The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
service, referred to in par. (4), are classified to section 3301 et seq. 
of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                          Codification

    In par. (9), ``section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted for 
``section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (21 [31] U.S.C. 
529)'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and 
Finance.


         References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

    References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to 
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered 
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.
