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[CITE: 33USC569a]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
           CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 569a. Temporary employment of experts or consultants; 
        compensation
        
    The Chief of Engineers is authorized to procure the temporary or 
intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof 
in connection with civil functions of the Corps of Engineers without 
regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5: 
Provided, That individuals so engaged may be paid at rates not to exceed 
the daily equivalent of the rate for GS-18 for each day of their 
services.

(July 3, 1930, ch. 847, Sec. 6, 46 Stat. 948; May 17, 1950, ch. 188, 
title I, Sec. 105, 64 Stat. 168; Pub. L. 91-611, title I, Sec. 104, Dec. 
31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1819.)

                          Codification

    ``Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5'' 
substituted in text for ``the Classification Act as amended'' on 
authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the 
first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-611 substituted provision that compensation ``may 
be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for GS-
18 for each day of their services'' for ``shall not be paid in excess of 
$100 per day for their services''.
    1950--Act May 17, 1950, amended section generally, providing for 
employment of experts and consultants and omitting provisions relating 
to stenographic assistance.


         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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 3323.
