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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part B · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 593. Hiring authority

Statutory text

In hiring personnel for the Office, the Secretary shall have the hiring and management authorities provided in section 1101 1 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note). The term of appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of such section may not exceed 5 years before granting any extension under subsection (c)(2) of such section.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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. Homeland Security Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–296 title XIX § 1924 · 116 Stat. 2135

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 593

    Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1924, formerly title XVIII, § 1803, as added Pub. L. 109–347, title V, § 501(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1934

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1924, formerly title XVIII, § 1803, as added Pub. L. 109–347, title V, § 501(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1934

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, referred to in text, is section 1101 of Pub. L. 105–261, which was formerly set out as a note under section 3104 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XI, § 1121(b), , 130 Stat. 2452. See section 4092 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Credits

2006–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 2006Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1924, formerly title XVIII, § 1803, as added Pub. L. 109–347, title V, § 501(a), , 120 Stat. 1934
  2. 2007renumbered title XIX, § 1903, Pub. L. 110–53, title I, § 104(a)(1), (2), , 121 Stat. 294
  3. 2018renumbered § 1924, Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(5), , 132 Stat. 5163.
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(Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1924, formerly title XVIII, § 1803, as added Pub. L. 109–347, title V, § 501(a), , 120 Stat. 1934; renumbered title XIX, § 1903, Pub. L. 110–53, title I, § 104(a)(1), (2), , 121 Stat. 294; renumbered § 1924, Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(5), , 132 Stat. 5163.)

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