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[CITE: 42USC7238]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                      Part B--Personnel Provisions
 
Sec. 7238. Temporary appointments for scientific and technical 
        experts in Department of Energy research and development 
        programs
        
    (a) The Secretary, utilizing authority under other applicable law 
and the authority of this section, may appoint for a limited term, or on 
a temporary basis, scientists, engineers, and other technical and 
professional personnel on leave of absence from academic, industrial, or 
research institutions to work for the Department.
    (b) The Department may pay, to the extent authorized for certain 
other Federal employees by section 5723 of title 5, travel expenses for 
any individual appointed for a limited term or on a temporary basis and 
transportation expenses of his or her immediate family and his or her 
household goods and personal effects from that individual's residence at 
the time of selection or assignment to his or her duty station. The 
Department may pay such travel expenses to the same extent for such an 
individual's return to the former place of residence from his or her 
duty station, upon separation from the Federal service following an 
agreed period of service. The Department may also pay a per diem 
allowance at a rate not to exceed the daily amounts prescribed under 
section 5702 of title 5 to such an individual, in lieu of transportation 
expenses of the immediate family and household goods and personal 
effects, for the period of his or her employment with the Department. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the employer's contribution 
to any retirement, life insurance, or health benefit plan for an 
individual appointed for a term of one year or less, which could be 
extended for no more than one additional year, may be made or reimbursed 
from appropriations available to the Department.

(Pub. L. 104-271, title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3307.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996, and 
not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises 
this chapter.


                               Definitions

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 104-271 provided that: ``For purposes of titles 
II and III [enacting this section and provisions set out as a note under 
section 12403 of this title]--
        ``(1) the term `Department' means the Department of Energy; and
        ``(2) the term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Energy.''
