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[CITE: 15USC4105]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 67--ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY
 
Sec. 4105. Administration

    The Commission may--
        (1) in accordance with the civil service laws and subchapter III 
    of chapter 53 of title 5, appoint and fix the compensation of an 
    Executive Director and necessary additional staff personnel, but not 
    to exceed a total of seven compensated personnel;
        (2) procure temporary and intermittent services as authorized by 
    section 3109 of title 5;
        (3) enter into contracts and procure supplies, services, and 
    personal property;
        (4) enter into agreements with the General Services 
    Administration for the procurement of necessary financial and 
    administrative services, for which payment shall be made by 
    reimbursement from funds of the Commission in amounts to be agreed 
    upon by the Commission and the Administrator of the General Services 
    Administration; and
        (5) appoint, and accept without compensation the services of, 
    scientists and engineering specialists to be advisors to the 
    Commission. Each advisor may be allowed travel expenses, including 
    per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of 
    title 5. Except for the purposes of chapter 81 of title 5 (relating 
    to compensation for work injuries) and chapter 171 of title 28 
    (relating to tort claims), an advisor appointed under this paragraph 
    shall not be considered an employee of the United States for any 
    purpose.

(Pub. L. 98-373, title I, Sec. 106, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1245; Pub. 
L. 101-609, Sec. 5, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3125.)

                       References in Text

    The civil service laws, referred to in par. (1), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.


                               Amendments

    1990--Par. (5). Pub. L. 101-609 added par. (5).
