§ 569a. Temporary employment of experts or consultants; compensation

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. 1930

   Pub. L. 71–847 § 6 · 46 Stat. 918

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 569a

   July 3, 1930, ch. 847, § 6, 46 Stat. 948

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 3, 1930, ch. 847, § 6, 46 Stat. 948

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. That hereafter direct allotments from appropriations for New York Harbor, etc. Direct allotments for removal of drift, authorized. maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works or other available appropriation may be made by the Secretary of War for the collection and removal of drift in New York Harbor and its tributary waters, and this work hereafter shall be carried as a separate and distinct project. Technical etc., assistance. The Chief of Engineers is hereby authorized to engage under agreement, when deemed necessary, expert assistance in the various arts and sciences, including expert stenographic assistance for reporting Reporting, etc. the proceedings of public hearings held in connection with preliminary examinations, surveys, or improvements of rivers and harbors, Other personal services. upon terms and rates of compensation for services and incidental expenses in excess of the maximum of the salaries authorized Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45. p. 776. U. S. C., p. 65; Supp. IV, p. 25. Post, p. 1003. by the Classification Act of March 4, 1923, as amended by the Act or May 28, 1928; and all agreements heretofore entered into for such purposes are hereby validated to the amount of the current rates charged for such services. “Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.” Revised edition of, authorized. Vol. 41, p. 499. The Chief of Engineers is hereby authorized to have printed a further edition of the report entitled “Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys,” prepared by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in cooperation with the United States Shipping Board under authority of section 500 of the Transportation Act approved February 28, 1920 (to be brought down as nearly as Funds available. possible to date), to be paid for from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made by Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors; and the cost of printing such other reports and data as Vol. 41, p. 992. are prepared in compliance with that law and with section 8 of the Merchant Marine Act, approved June 5, 1920 (not exceeding $35,000 in any one year), may be paid from similar appropriations. Expenses of civilian employees making per manent change of sta tion authorized. Actual expenses hereafter incurred by civilian employees on river and harbor works for travel when making permanent change of station under competent orders, may, on approval of the Chief of Engineers, be paid or reimbursed from funds pertaining to river and harbor works. Engineer Corps. Credit allowed in accounts of, officers designated. The Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit, in the amounts stated, in the disbursing accounts of the following-named officers of the Corps of Engineers, to wit: Major J, A. O’Connor, $11.29; Major H. M. Trippe, $15; Lieutenant Colonel George R. Spalding, $100; which amounts now stand as disallowances on the books of the General Accounting Office.

2. 1970

   River and Harbor Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–611 title I § 104 · 84 Stat. 1818

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 569a

   Pub. L. 91–611 substituted provision that compensation “may be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for GS–18 for each day of their services” for “shall not be paid in excess of $100 per day for their services”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–611 substituted provision that compensation “may be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for GS–18 for each day of their services” for “shall not be paid in excess of $100 per day for their services”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 104. The proviso in section 6 of the Act of July 3, 1930, as amended (48 Stat. 948; 33 U.S.C. 569a), is amended to read as follows: “Provided, That individuals so engaged may be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for GS–18 for each day of their Ante, p. 198–1. services.”

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