4 U.S.C. § 142 — Appointment of experts

submitted 75 years ago by ch. 655 to r/title-4-FLAG-AND-SEAL-SEAT-OF-GOVERNMENT-AND-THE-STATES · 86 words · no verdicts yet

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To finish the territorial-papers project described in section 141, the Archivist may hire up to five historical experts, in or outside Washington, D.C. These experts must know the territorial history of the United States and be qualified to edit the papers for publication.

To carry out the work described in section 141 of this title, the Archivist may — without following the usual Classification Act of 1949 or civil service hiring rules — engage the services of up to five historical experts. These experts must be especially informed about the various phases of U.S. territorial history, and especially qualified for the editorial work needed to prepare the territorial papers for publication. They can be engaged to work either in or outside the District of Columbia.

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For the purpose of carrying on the work prescribed by section 141 of this title, the Archivist, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949 and the civil service laws and regulations thereunder, may engage the services, either in or outside of the District of Columbia, of not to exceed five historical experts who are especially informed on the various phases of the territorial history of the United States and are especially qualified for the editorial work necessary in arranging such territorial papers for publication.

Source credit: (Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)

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1951Enacted · Act of Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655 · 65 Stat. 714
1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-497 · 98 Stat. 2292

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