21 U.S.C. § 394 — Scientific review groups

submitted 88 years ago by Pub. L. 101-635 to r/title-21-FOOD-AND-DRUGS · 106 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets the Commissioner of Food and Drugs set up scientific and technical review groups. The Commissioner can appoint and pay their members without following normal civil service hiring and pay rules. Federal employees on these groups do not get extra pay for serving.

The Commissioner of Food and Drugs may act without following certain federal personnel rules — specifically, the rules in title 5 about hiring through the competitive civil service, and the rules about job classification and General Schedule pay rates. Using that freedom, the Commissioner may: (1) create technical and scientific review groups needed to carry out FDA functions, including functions this chapter assigns to the agency; and (2) appoint people to these groups and pay them — except that if the person is already a U.S. government officer or employee, they cannot receive extra pay for serving on one of these groups.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs may—

(1)

establish such technical and scientific review groups as are needed to carry out the functions of the Food and Drug Administration (including functions prescribed under this chapter); and

(2)

appoint and pay the members of such groups, except that officers and employees of the United States shall not receive additional compensation for service as members of such groups.

Source credit: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1004, formerly § 903, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title III, § 301, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4584; renumbered § 904, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2006(1), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 209; renumbered § 1004, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1938Enacted · Pub. L. 101-635 · 104 Stat. 4584
1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-43 · 107 Stat. 209
2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-31 · 123 Stat. 1784

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-635 on 1938-06-25.

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