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34 U.S.C. § 10226 — Personnel and administrative authority

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34 U.S.C. § 10226 — Personnel and administrative authority

**(a) Officers and employees of certain Federal agencies; employment; compensation** The Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Director of the Institute, and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics are authorized to select, appoint, employ, and fix compensation of such officers and employees as shall be necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, respectively, under this chapter. **(b) Use of available services; reimbursement** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics are authorized, on a reimbursable basis when appropriate, to use the available services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of Federal, State, and local agencies to the extent deemed appropriate after giving due consideration to the effectiveness of such existing services, equipment, personnel, and facilities. **(c) Other Federal agency performance of functions under this chapter; reimbursement** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics may arrange with and reimburse the heads of other Federal departments and agencies for the performance of any of the functions under this chapter. **(d) Experts and consultants; compensation** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics may procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with [section 3109 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to appointments in the Federal

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**(a) Officers and employees of certain Federal agencies; employment; compensation** The Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Director of the Institute, and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics are authorized to select, appoint, employ, and fix compensation of such officers and employees as shall be necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, respectively, under this chapter. **(b) Use of available services; reimbursement** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics are authorized, on a reimbursable basis when appropriate, to use the available services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of Federal, State, and local agencies to the extent deemed appropriate after giving due consideration to the effectiveness of such existing services, equipment, personnel, and facilities. **(c) Other Federal agency performance of functions under this chapter; reimbursement** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics may arrange with and reimburse the heads of other Federal departments and agencies for the performance of any of the functions under this chapter. **(d) Experts and consultants; compensation** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics may procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with [section 3109 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to appointments in the Federal service, at rates of compensation for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate of pay payable from time to time for GS–18 of the General Schedule under [section 5332 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5332&num=0&edition=prelim). **(e) Advisory committees; compensation and travel expenses of committee members** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics are authorized to appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5, advisory committees to advise them with respect to the administration of this chapter as they deem necessary. Such committees shall be subject to chapter 10 of title 5. Members of such committees not otherwise in the employ of the United States, while engaged in advising or attending meetings of such committees, shall be compensated at rates to be fixed by the Office but not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate of pay payable from time to time for GS–18 of the General Schedule under [section 5332 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5332&num=0&edition=prelim), and while away from home or regular place of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as authorized by section 5703 of such title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. **(f) Payments; installments; advances or reimbursement; transportation and subsistence expenses for attendance at conferences or other assemblages** Payments under this chapter may be made in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, or the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and may be used to pay the transportation and subsistence expenses of persons attending conferences or other assemblages notwithstanding [section 1345 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1345&num=0&edition=prelim). **(g) Voluntary services; status as Federal employees; exceptions** The Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics are authorized to accept and employ, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, voluntary and uncompensated services notwithstanding [section 1342 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1342&num=0&edition=prelim). Such individuals shall not be considered Federal employees except for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5 with respect to job-incurred disability and title 28 with respect to tort claims.

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31 U.S.C. § 1342 — Limitation on voluntary services

An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government may not accept voluntary services for either government or employ personal services exceeding that authorized by law except for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. This section does not apply to a corporation getting amounts to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without legal liability of the United States Government. As used in this section, the term “emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property” does not include ongoing, regular functions of government the suspension of which would not imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property.

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42 U.S.C. § 3787 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1155(3), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3114

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 804, formerly § 805, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1203; renumbered § 804 and amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609B(d), (f), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2093; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(h)(9), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2139, related to appellate court review. Another section 804 of Pub. L. 90–351, title III, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 223, is set out as a note under [section 2510 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2510&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure. A prior section 804 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 803 and is classified to [section 10223 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10223&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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31 U.S.C. § 1345 — Expenses of meetings

Except as specifically provided by law, an appropriation may not be used for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for a meeting. This section does not prohibit— (1) an agency from paying the expenses of an officer or employee of the United States Government carrying out an official duty; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture from paying necessary expenses for a meeting called by the Secretary for 4–H Boys and Girls Clubs as part of the cooperative extension work of the Department of Agriculture.

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5 U.S.C. § 5376 — Pay for certain senior-level positions

**(a)** This section applies to— (1) positions that are classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108; and (2) scientific or professional positions established under section 3104; but does not apply to— (A) any Senior Executive Service position under section 3132; or (B) any position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service under section 3151. **(b)** (1) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management prescribes, the head of the agency concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for any position within such agency to which this section applies. A rate fixed under this section shall be— (A) not less than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and (B) subject to paragraph (3), not greater than the rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule. The payment of a rate of basic pay under this section shall not be subject to the pay limitation of section 5306(e) or 5373. (2) Subject to paragraph (1), effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment takes effect under section 5303 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule, each rate of pay established under this section for positions within an agency shall be adjusted by such amount as the head of such agency considers appropriate. (3) In the case of an agency which has a performance appraisal system which, as designed and applied, is certified under section 5307(d) as making meaningful distinctions based on relative performance, paragraph (1)(B) shall apply as if the reference to “level III” were a reference to “level II”. (4) No employee may suffer a reduction in pay by reaso

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34 U.S.C. § 10141 — Establishment of Bureau of Justice Assistance

**(a)** There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Assistance (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Bureau”). **(b)** The Bureau shall be headed by a Director (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Director”) who shall be appointed by the President. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall not engage in any employment other than that of serving as the Director, nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this chapter.

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5 U.S.C. § 3109 — Employment of experts and consultants; temporary or intermittent

**(a)** For the purpose of this section— (1) “agency” has the meaning given it by [section 5721 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5721&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) “appropriation” includes funds made available by statute under [section 9104 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9104&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b)** When authorized by an appropriation or other statute, the head of an agency may procure by contract the temporary (not in excess of 1 year) or intermittent services of experts or consultants or an organization thereof, including stenographic reporting services. Services procured under this section are without regard to— (1) the provisions of this title governing appointment in the competitive service; (2) chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of this title; and (3) section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41, except in the case of stenographic reporting services by an organization. However, an agency subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of this title may pay a rate for services under this section in excess of the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under [section 5332 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5332&num=0&edition=prelim) only when specifically authorized by the appropriation or other statute authorizing the procurement of the services. **(c)** Positions in the Senior Executive Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service may not be filled under the authority of subsection (b) of this section. **(d)** The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of t

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42 U.S.C. § 3788 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 3786 was editorially reclassified as [section 10224 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10224&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement. #### Prior Provisions A prior section 3786, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 806, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1204, contained provisions similar to those in [section 10224 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10224&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement, prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98–473.

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34 U.S.C. § 10101 — Establishment of Office of Justice Programs

There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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5 U.S.C. § 5332 — The General Schedule

**(a)** (1) The General Schedule, the symbol for which is “GS”, is the basic pay schedule for positions to which this subchapter applies. Each employee to whom this subchapter applies is entitled to basic pay in accordance with the General Schedule. (2) The General Schedule is a schedule of annual rates of basic pay, consisting of 15 grades, designated “GS–1” through “GS–15”, consecutively, with 10 rates of pay for each such grade. The rates of pay of the General Schedule are adjusted in accordance with section 5303. **(b)** When payment is made on the basis of an hourly, daily, weekly, or biweekly rate, the rate is computed from the appropriate annual rate of basic pay named by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with the rules prescribed by [section 5504(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5504/b&num=0&edition=prelim).

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42 U.S.C. § 3789a to 3789c — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 3788 was editorially reclassified as [section 10226 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10226&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement. #### Prior Provisions A prior section 3788, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 810, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1204, contained in part provisions similar to subsec. (a) of [section 10226 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10226&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement, prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98–473.

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