§ 18c. — Rules and regulations; employees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC18c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 18c. Rules and regulations; employees
In the performance of his functions and duties under the provisions
of sections 18 to 18d of this title, the Secretary of Commerce is
authorized--
(a) To prescribe, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations as he
may deem necessary, and to accept contributions for carrying out the
purposes of said sections; and
(b) To employ, subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter
53 of title 5, one special assistant and not to exceed five artists and
illustrators.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 642, Sec. 4, 54 Stat. 774; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782,
title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; Pub. L. 93-193, Sec. 2, Dec. 19,
1973, 87 Stat. 765.)
Codification
Provisions of par. (b) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to
employ ``without regard to the civil-service laws'' were omitted as such
employment is subject to the civil service laws unless specifically
excepted by those laws or by laws enacted subsequent to Executive Order
8743, Apr. 23, 1941, issued by the President pursuant to the Act of Nov.
26, 1940, ch. 919, title I, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 1211, which covered most
excepted positions into the classified (competitive) civil service. The
Order is set out as a note under section 3301 of Title 5, Government
Organization and employees.
``Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5''
substituted in par. (b) for ``the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80
Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5.
Amendments
1949--Par. (b). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification Act
of 1949'' for ``Classification Act of 1923''.
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repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub.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.
Transfer of Functions
Secretary of Commerce substituted for Secretary of the Interior in
view of transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of
the Interior by section 2 of Pub. L. 93-193. See Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 18 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 18a, 18b, 18d of this title.
