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[CITE: 40USC873]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
   CHAPTER 19--CAPITOL AND WHITE HOUSE-PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 873. Board of Directors


(a) Executive Director and other officers and employees

    The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint and fix the 
compensation and duties of the Executive Director and such other 
officers and employees of the Corporation as may be necessary for the 
efficient administration of the Corporation; the Executive Director and 
two other officers of the Corporation may be appointed and compensated 
without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in 
the competitive service and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 
of title 5.

(b) Procurement of services of experts

    The Board of Directors is authorized to procure the temporary (not 
in excess of one year) or intermittent services of city planners, 
architects, engineers, appraisers, and other experts or consultants or 
organizations thereof in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, but at 
rates for individuals not in excess of the rate in effect for grade GS-
18 of the General Schedule.

(c) Administrative services

    Administrative services shall be provided by the General Services 
Administration on a reimbursable basis.

(Pub. L. 92-578, Sec. 4, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1268; Pub. L. 93-427, 
Sec. 1, Oct. 1, 1974, 88 Stat. 1170; Pub. L. 95-629, title I, 
Sec. 101(1)(d), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3635.)

                       References in Text

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


                               Amendments

    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-629 substituted ``subchapter III of 
chapter 53'' for ``subchapter 53''.
    1974--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 93-427 added subsec. (b) and 
redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).


         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.
