§ 42. — Employees; expenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC42]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Sec. 42. Employees; expenses
Each commissioner shall receive a salary, payable in the same manner
as the salaries of the judges of the courts of the United States. The
commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall receive a salary, and it
shall have authority to employ and fix the compensation of such
attorneys, special experts, examiners, clerks, and other employees as it
may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its
duties and as may be from time to time appropriated for by Congress.
With the exception of the secretary, a clerk to each Commissioner,
the attorneys, and such special experts and examiners as the Commission
may from time to time find necessary for the conduct of its work, all
employees of the Commission shall be a part of the classified civil
service, and shall enter the service under such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the Commission and by the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management.
All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary
expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners or by their
employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon
official business in any other places than in the city of Washington,
shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers
therefor approved by the Commission.
Until otherwise provided by law, the Commission may rent suitable
offices for its use.
The General Accounting Office shall receive and examine all accounts
of expenditures of the Commission.
(Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, Sec. 2, 38 Stat. 718; June 10, 1921, ch. 18,
title III, Sec. 304, 42 Stat. 24; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 102, 43
F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783.)
References in Text
The classified civil service, referred to in second par., means the
``competitive service'', see section 2102 of Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees. Rules and regulations of the Civil Service
Commission for entry into the service are prescribed generally under
authority of section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Codification
In the first par., provisions that fixed the salary of the
commissioners have been omitted as obsolete. The positions of chairman
and members of the commission are now under the Executive Schedule, see
sections 5414 and 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Provisions that fixed the salary of the secretary of the commission,
payable in like manner, have been omitted as obsolete. The position is
now subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 (relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates) and section 5504
(relating to biweekly pay periods) of Title 5.
Transfer of Functions
``Director of the Office of Personnel Management'' substituted in
text for ``Civil Service Commission'' pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of
1978, Sec. 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101
of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred all
functions vested by statute in the United States Civil Service
Commission to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (except
as otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section
1-102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under
section 1101 of Title 5.
For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, with certain
exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of
1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out
under section 41 of this title.
``General Accounting Office'' substituted in text for ``Auditor for
the State and Other Departments'' pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which
transferred all powers and duties of the Comptroller, six auditors, and
certain other employees of the Treasury to the General Accounting
Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance.
