10 U.S.C. § 7540 — Architectural and engineering services
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 126 words · no verdicts yet
When Army facilities are inadequate and national defense would benefit, the Secretary of the Army may hire outside architectural or engineering services for Army public-works or utility projects. The fee is capped at 10 percent of estimated project cost.
(a) When the Secretary of the Army* believes it benefits national defense and existing Department of the Army facilities are inadequate, the Secretary may, by contract or otherwise, hire a person outside the Department for architectural or engineering services to produce and deliver designs, plans, drawings, and specifications needed for an Army public-works or utility project. (b) The fee may not exceed 10 percent of the project's estimated cost as determined by the Secretary. (c) Sections 305, 3324, and 7204, chapter 51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 53 of title 5 do not apply to employment under this section.
Whenever he considers that it is advantageous to the national defense and that existing facilities of the Department of the Army* are inadequate, the Secretary of the Army may, by contract or otherwise, employ the architectural or engineering services of any person outside that Department for producing and delivering designs, plans, drawings, and specifications needed for any public works or utilities project of the Department.
The fee for any service under this section may not be more than 10 percent of the estimated cost, as determined by the Secretary, of the project to which it applies.
Sections 305, 3324, and 7204, chapter 51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 53 of title 5 do not apply to employment under this section.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 255, § 4540; Pub. L. 89–718, § 28, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1119; Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 703(c)(3), title VIII, § 801(a)(3)(I), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1217, 1222; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 512(16), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2930; renumbered § 7540, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839; Pub. L. 118–31, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2881(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 780.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-718 · 80 Stat. 1119
- 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-454 · 92 Stat. 1217, 1222
- 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2930
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1839
- 2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 780
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.
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