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16 U.S.C. § 793 — Appointment of officers and employees of Commission; duties, and salaries; detail of officers and employees from other departments; expenditures authorized
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The commission shall have authority to appoint, prescribe the duties, and fix the salaries of, a secretary, a chief engineer, a general counsel, a solicitor, and a chief accountant; and may, subject to the civil service laws, appoint such other officers and employees as are necessary in the execution of its functions and fix their salaries in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. The commission may request the President to detail an officer or officers from the Corps of Engineers, or other branches of the United States Army, to serve the commission as engineer officer or officers, or in any other capacity, in field work outside the seat of government, their duties to be prescribed by the commission; and such detail is authorized. The President may also, at the request of the commission, detail, assign, or transfer to the commission, engineers in or under the Departments of the Interior or Agriculture for field work outside the seat of government under the direction of the commission.
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The commission shall have authority to appoint, prescribe the duties, and fix the salaries of, a secretary, a chief engineer, a general counsel, a solicitor, and a chief accountant; and may, subject to the civil service laws, appoint such other officers and employees as are necessary in the execution of its functions and fix their salaries in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. The commission may request the President to detail an officer or officers from the Corps of Engineers, or other branches of the United States Army, to serve the commission as engineer officer or officers, or in any other capacity, in field work outside the seat of government, their duties to be prescribed by the commission; and such detail is authorized. The President may also, at the request of the commission, detail, assign, or transfer to the commission, engineers in or under the Departments of the Interior or Agriculture for field work outside the seat of government under the direction of the commission.
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**(a) In General.—** The President may—
(1) prescribe such regulations for the admission of individuals into the civil service in the executive branch as will best promote the efficiency of that service;
(2) ascertain the fitness of applicants as to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the employment sought; and
(3) appoint and prescribe the duties of individuals to make inquiries for the purpose of this section.
**(b) DOD Procedures.—** The President may authorize the Department of Defense to determine the qualification, examination, and assessment procedures for positions in the competitive service based primarily on job-related competencies and skills, including the use of structured interviews, technical evaluations, or skills-based assessments, and alternative assessments.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this chapter—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) the Library of Congress;
(C) the Botanic Garden;
(D) the Government Publishing Office;
(E) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(F) the government of the District of Columbia;
but does not include—
(i) a Government controlled corporation;
(ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation;
(iv) the Atomic Energy Commission;
(v) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(vi) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense;
(vii) the Government Accountability Office;
(viii) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
(ix) the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense; or
(x) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense;
(2) “employee” means an individual employed in or under an agency;
(3) “position” means the work, consisting of the duties and responsibilities, assignable to an employee;
(4) “class” or “class of positions” includes all positions which are sufficiently similar, as to—
(A) kind or subject-matter of work;
(B) level of difficulty and responsibility; and
(C) the qualification requirements of the work;
to warrant similar treatment in personnel and pay administration; and
(5) “grade” includes all classes of positions which, although different with respect to kind or subject-matter of work, are sufficiently equivalent as to—
(A) level of difficulty and responsibility; and
(B) level of qualification requirements of the work;
to warrant their inclusion within one range of rates of basic pay in the General Schedule.
**(b)** Except as provided by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, this chapter applies to all civilian positions and
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The Office of Personnel Management shall determine finally the applicability of [section 5102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5102&num=0&edition=prelim) to specific positions and employees, except for positions and employees in the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 794, which required the work of the commission to be performed by and through the Departments of War, Interior, and Agriculture and their personnel, consisted of the second paragraph of section 2 of act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, which was omitted in the revision of said section 2 by act June 23, 1930, ch. 572, § 1, 46 Stat. 798. The first and third paragraphs of said section 2 were formerly classified to sections 793 and 795 of this title.
Section 795, which related to expenses of the commission generally, consisted of the third paragraph of section 2 of act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063. Such section 2 was amended generally by act June 23, 1930, ch. 572, § 1, 46 Stat. 798, and is classified to [section 793 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section793&num=0&edition=prelim). The first and second paragraphs of said section 2 were formerly classified to sections 793 and 794 of this title.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 793
impair the right of the remaining commis-
sioners to exercise all the powers of the commis-
sion. Three members of the commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness, and the commission shall have an official
seal of which judicial notice shall be taken. The
commission shall annually elect a vice chair-
man to act in case of the absence or disability
of the chairman or in case of a vacancy in the
office of chairman.
Each commissioner shall receive necessary
traveling and subsistence expenses, or per diem
allowance in lieu thereof, within the limitation
prescribed by law, while away from the seat of
government upon official business.
The principal office of the commission shall be
in the District of Columbia, where its general
sessions shall be held; but whenever the conven-
ience of the public or of the parties may be pro-
moted or delay or expense prevented thereby,
the commission may hold special sessions in any
part of the United States.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 1, 41 Stat. 1063;
June 23, 1930, ch. 572, § 1, 46 Stat. 797; renumbered
pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat.
847; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 9, § 3, eff. May 24, 1950,
15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265; Pub. L. 86–619, § 1, July
12, 1960, 74 Stat. 407.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Provisions which prescribed the compensation of
commissioners were omitted as obsolete. Compensation
of the Chairman and members of the Commission was
prescribed by sections 5314 and 5315 of Title 5, Govern-
ment Organization and Employees, prior to termi-
nation of the Commission. See Termination of Federal
Power Commission; Transfer of Functions note below.
AMENDMENTS
1960—Pub. L. 86–619 provided for continuation in of-
fic
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