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[CITE: 40USC758]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
               CHAPTER 16--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 758. Personnel


(a) Appointment and compensation

    The Administrator is authorized, subject to the civil-service and 
classification laws, to appoint and fix the compensation of such 
personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of titles I, 
II, III, V, and VI of this Act.

(b) Temporary employment of experts or consultants; stenographic 
        reporting services

    To such extent as he finds necessary to carry out the provisions of 
titles I, II, III, V, and VI of this Act, the Administrator is 
authorized to procure the temporary (not in excess of one year) or 
intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations 
thereof, including stenographic reporting services, by contract or 
appointment, and in such cases such service shall be without regard to 
the civil-service and classification laws, and except in the case of 
stenographic reporting services by organizations, without regard to 
section 5 of title 41.

(c) Utilization of personnel of other Federal agencies

    Notwithstanding the provisions of section 973 of title 10 or of any 
other provision of law, the Administrator in carrying out the functions 
imposed upon him by this Act is authorized to utilize in his agency the 
services of officials, officers, and other personnel in other executive 
agencies, including personnel of the armed services, with the consent of 
the head of the agency concerned.

(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, Sec. 208, 63 Stat. 391; Sept. 5, 
1950, ch. 849, Sec. 7(b), (c), 64 Stat. 590.)

                       References in Text

    The civil-service laws, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), are set 
forth in Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, 
particularly, section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
    The classification laws, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), are 
classified generally to chapter 51 (Sec. 5101 et seq.) and to subchapter 
III (Sec. 5331 et seq.) of chapter 53 of Title 5.
    This Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 
Stat. 377, as amended, known as the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949. For complete classification of this Act, including 
titles I, II, III, V and VI thereof, see Short Title note set out under 
section 471 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (c), ``section 973 of title 10'' substituted for 
``sections 3544 and 8544 of title 10'' on authority of Pub. L. 90-235, 
Sec. 4(a)(5), (6), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 759. Previously, ``sections 
3544 and 8544 of title 10'' had been substituted for ``section 1222 of 
the Revised Statutes (10 U.S.C. 576)'' on authority of act Aug. 10, 
1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 49(b), 70A Stat. 640, the first section of which 
enacted Title 10, Armed Forces.
    Section was formerly classified to section 630h of Title 5 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
    Section was also formerly classified to section 238 of Title 41, 
Public Contracts.


                               Amendments

    1950--Subsecs. (a), (b). Act Sept. 5, 1950, substituted ``V, and VI 
of this Act'' for ``and V of this Act''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions, powers, and duties of Office of Audits and Office of 
Investigations in General Services Administration transferred to Office 
of Inspector General in General Services Administration by section 
9(a)(1)(K) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-452, set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, 
section 2 of which established such Office of Inspector General.


                               Definitions

    The definitions in section 472 of this title apply to this chapter.


                            Cross References

    Employment of experts and consultants generally, see section 3109 of 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 752 of this title.
