§ 590d. — Cooperation of governmental agencies; officers and employees, appointment and compensation; expenditures for personal services and supplies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC590d]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3B--SOIL CONSERVATION
Sec. 590d. Cooperation of governmental agencies; officers and
employees, appointment and compensation; expenditures for
personal services and supplies
For the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of Agriculture may--
(1) Secure the cooperation of any governmental agency;
(2) Subject to the provisions of the civil-service laws and chapter
51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, appoint and fix
compensation of such officers and employees as he may deem necessary,
except for a period not to exceed eight months from April 27, 1935, the
Secretary of Agriculture may make appointments and may continue
employees of the organization heretofore established for the purpose of
administering those provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act
which relate to the prevention of soil erosion, without regard to the
civil-service laws or regulations and the Classification Act, as
amended; and any persons with technical or practical knowledge may be
employed and compensated under this chapter on a basis to be determined
by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and
(3) Make expenditures for personal services and rent in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, for the purchase of law books and books of
reference, for printing and binding, for the purchase, operation, and
maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, and perform such acts, and
prescribe such regulations, as he may deem proper to carry out the
provisions of this chapter.
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 164; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782,
title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 102,
eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3784.)
References in Text
The civil-service laws, referred to in par. (2), are set forth in
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly,
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
The National Industrial Recovery Act, referred to in par. (2), is
act June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, as amended, which was
classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 401 et seq.) of chapter 8 of
former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was
terminated June 30, 1943, by act June 27, 1942, ch. 450, Sec. 1, 56
Stat. 410. Provisions of the Act that were classified to former Title 40
were repealed by Pub. L. 107-217, Sec. 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat.
1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The Classification Act, as amended, referred to in par. (2), is the
Classification Act of 1923 (approved Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 265, 42 Stat.
1488), as amended, which was repealed by section 1202 of the
Classification Act of 1949 (approved Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat.
972).
Codification
In par. (2), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title
5'' substituted 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, Government Organization and
Employees.
Amendments
1949--Par. (2). 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
Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department
of the Interior related to compliance with system activities requiring
coordination and approval under this chapter and such functions of
Secretary or other official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as
they involve lands and programs under jurisdiction of that Department,
related to compliance with this chapter with respect to pre-
construction, construction, and initial operation of transportation
system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal
Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial
operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan
No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(e), (f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat.
1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for
the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and
authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by
section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of
Federal Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and
Trade.
``Director of the Office of Personnel Management'' substituted for
``Civil Service Commission'' and ``Commission'' in par. (2), 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.
Transfer of functions respecting lands under jurisdiction of
Department of the Interior, see Transfer of Functions note set out under
section 590a of this title.
