§ 714h. — Officers and employees; appointment; duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC714h]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15--ECONOMIC RECOVERY
SUBCHAPTER II--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
Sec. 714h. Officers and employees; appointment; duties
The Secretary shall appoint such officers and employees as may be
necessary for the conduct of the business of the Corporation, define
their authority and duties, delegate to them such of the powers vested
in the Corporation as he may determine. With the exception of experts,
appointments shall be made pursuant to the civil-service laws and
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.
(June 29, 1948, ch. 704, Sec. 10, 62 Stat. 1073; June 7, 1949, ch. 175,
Sec. 4, 63 Stat. 156; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63
Stat. 972; Pub. L. 92-310, title II, Sec. 224(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat.
206.)
References in Text
The civil service laws, referred to in text, are set forth in Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, section
3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Codification
``Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5''
substituted in text for ``the Classification Act of 1949'' 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
1972--Pub. L. 92-310 struck out provisions which permitted the
Secretary to designate officers and employees to be bonded, and which
authorized the Corporation to pay the premium on the bonds.
1949--Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification Act of 1949''
for ``Classification Act of 1923''.
Act June 7, 1949, amended section generally to permit the Secretary
to appoint the officers and employees of the Corporation and to define
their authority and duties.
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966,
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
Exceptions From Transfer of Functions
For exception of functions of corporations of Department of
Agriculture from transfer of functions to Secretary of Agriculture by
Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, see Exceptions From Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 712a of this title.
Sales Manager
Pub. L. 87-367, title I, Sec. 103(11), Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 789,
repealed such part of section 101 of act Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 451, Ch. I,
69 Stat. 451, which authorized the position of sales manager in the
Commodity Credit Corporation to be placed in grade 17 of the General
Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949. See section 5332 of Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
Positions existing prior to Oct. 4, 1961, compensation thereof and
appointments thereto unaffected by changes made by Pub. L. 87-367 and
positions in grades 16, 17 and 18 of the General Schedule of the
Classification Act of 1949 prior to Oct. 4, 1961, to remain in
respective grades, until appropriate action is taken under title I of
Pub. L. 87-367 and section 5108 of Title 5, see section 104 of Pub. L.
87-367.
