{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s32306","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f32306.","heading":"Personnel","text":"\u00a7\u202f32306.\nPersonnel\n(a)\nGeneral Authority.\u2014\nIn carrying out this chapter, the Secretary of Transportation may\u2014\n(1) appoint and fix the pay of employees without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointment in the competitive service and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; and\n(2) make contracts with persons for research and preparation of reports.\n(b)\nStatus of Advisory Committee Members.\u2014\nA member of an advisory committee appointed under\nsection 325 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s32306.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32306","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f32306."},{"t":"heading","text":"Personnel"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32306/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General Authority.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary of Transportation may\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32306/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" appoint and fix the pay of employees without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointment in the competitive service and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32306/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" make contracts with persons for research and preparation of reports.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32306/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Status of Advisory Committee Members.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"A member of an advisory committee appointed under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 325 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s325","tail":" to carry out this chapter is a special United States Government employee under chapter 11 of title 18."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}