§ 831b. Officers and employees; wages of laborers and mechanics; application of employees’ compensation provisions

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1933

   Pub. L. 73–32 § 3 · 48 Stat. 58

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 831b

   May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 3, 48 Stat. 59

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 3, 48 Stat. 59

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. The board shall without regard to the provisions of Civil Appointment of managers, officers, etc., without regard to civil service laws. Service laws applicable to officers and employees of the United States, appoint such managers, assistant managers, officers, employees, attorneys, and agents, as are necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may designate, and provide To provide organization system. a system of organization to fix responsibility and promote efficiency. Any appointee of the board may be removed in the discretion Removals, salary restrictions, etc. of the board. No regular officer or employee of the Corporation shall receive a salary in excess of that received by the members of the board. Construction contracts to stipulate payments at prevailing rate of wages. All contracts to which the Corporation is a party and which require the employment of laborers and mechanics in the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of buildings, dams, locks, or other projects shall contain a provision that not less than the prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature prevailing in the vicinity shall be paid to such laborers or mechanics. Wage disputes to be referred to the Secretary of Labor; decision final. In the event any dispute arises as to what are the prevailing rates of wages, the question shall be referred to the Secretary of Labor for determination, and his decision shall be final. In the determination of such prevailing rate or rates, due regard shall be given Due regard for collective agreements. to those rates which have been secured through collective agreement by representatives of employers and employees. Work done directly by Corporation. Where such work as is described in the two preceding paragraphs is done directly by the Corporation the prevailing rate of wages shall be paid in the same manner as though such work had been let by contract. Injuries to Government employees. Benefits of act respecting, extended. Vol. 39, p. 742. U.S.C., p. 76. Insofar as applicable, the benefits of the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,” approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.

2. 1972

   Pub. L. 92–310 title II § 225(a) · 86 Stat. 201

   Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 831b

   Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which permitted the board to require bonds from managers, assistant managers, officers, employees, attorneys, and agents

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which permitted the board to require bonds from managers, assistant managers, officers, employees, attorneys, and agents.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 3 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 59; 16 U.S.C. 831b), relating to personnel of the Tennessee Valley Authority, is amended by striking out “require bonds of such of them as the board may designate,”.

3. 2004

   Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

   Pub. L. 108–447 div. C title VI § 602 · 118 Stat. 2809

   1. Added · 16 U.S.C. § 831b

      Pub. L. 108–447 added subsec. (a)

   2. Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 831b

      Pub. L. 108–447 designated existing provisions as subsec. (b)

   3. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 831b

      Pub. L. 108–447 inserted heading

   4. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 831b

      Pub. L. 108–447 struck out former first undesignated par. which read as follows: “The board shall without regard to the provisions of Civil Service laws applicable to officers and employees of the United States, appoint such managers, assistant managers, officers, employees, attorneys, and agents as are necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, and provide a system of organization to fix responsibility and promote efficiency. Any appointee of the board may be removed in the discretion of the board. No regular officer or employee of the Corporation shall receive a salary in excess of that received by the members of the board.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 108–447 added subsec. (a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (b) and inserted heading, and struck out former first undesignated par. which read as follows: “The board shall without regard to the provisions of Civil Service laws applicable to officers and employees of the United States, appoint such managers, assistant managers, officers, employees, attorneys, and agents as are necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, and provide a system of organization to fix responsibility and promote efficiency. Any appointee of the board may be removed in the discretion of the board. No regular officer or employee of the Corporation shall receive a salary in excess of that received by the members of the board.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 108–447 effective on the later of the date on which at least three persons nominated under section 604(a) of Pub. L. 108–447 take office or May 18, 2005, see section 604(b) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out in an Appointments; Effective Date; Transition note under section 831a of this title.

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