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42 U.S.C. § 19331 — Special hiring authority for scientific, engineering, and project management personnel

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42 U.S.C. § 19331 — Special hiring authority for scientific, engineering, and project management personnel

**(a) In general** The Under Secretary for Science shall have the authority to— (1) make appointments of not more than 60 scientific, engineering, and professional personnel, without regard to civil service laws, to assist the Department in meeting specific project or research needs; (2) fix the basic pay of any employee appointed under this section at a rate to be determined by the Under Secretary at rates not in excess of Level II of the Executive Schedule (EX–II) under [section 5311 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5311&num=0&edition=prelim) without regard to the civil service laws; and (3) pay any employee appointed under this section payments in addition to basic pay, except that the total amount of additional payments paid to an employee under this subsection for any 12-month period shall not exceed the lesser of the following amounts: (A) $25,000. (B) The amount equal to 25 percent of the annual rate of basic pay of that employee. (C) The amount of the limitation that is applicable for a calendar year under [section 5307(a)(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5307/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Term** (1) **In general** — The term of any employee appointed under this section shall not exceed 3 years unless otherwise authorized in law. (2) **Termination** — The Under Secretary for Science shall have the authority to terminate any employee appointed under this section at any time based on performance or changing project or research needs of the Department.

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5 U.S.C. § 5311 — The Executive Schedule

The Executive Schedule, which is divided into five pay levels, is the basic pay schedule for positions, other than Senior Executive Service positions and positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, to which this subchapter applies.

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42 U.S.C. § 19331 — Microelectronics research for energy in-

Page 9357 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 19331 participate in this program at each National Laboratory and the number of employees who take a permanent leave from their positions at National Laboratories as a result of partici- pating in this program. (e) Federal ethics Nothing in this section shall affect existing Federal ethics rules applicable to Federal per- sonnel. (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10719, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1707.) § 19313. National Laboratory non-Federal em- ployee outside employment authority (a) In general The Secretary shall delegate to Directors of National Laboratories the authority to allow their non-Federal employees— (1) to engage in outside employment, includ- ing start-up companies based on licensing technologies developed at National Labora- tories and consulting in their areas of exper- tise, and receive compensation from such enti- ties; and (2) to engage in outside activities related to their areas of expertise at the National Lab- oratory and may allow employees, in their em- ployment capacity at such outside employ- ment, to access the National Laboratories under the same contracting mechanisms as non-Laboratory employees and entities, in ac- cordance with appropriate conflict of interest protocols. (b) Requirements If a Director elects to use the authority grant- ed by subsection (a) of this section, the Director, or their designee, shall— (1) require employees to disclose to and ob- tain approval from the Director or their des- ignee prior to engaging in any outside employ- ment; (2) develop and require appropriate conflict of interest protocols for employees that en- gage in outside employment; (3) maintain the authority to terminate em- ployees engaging in outside employment if they a

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