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42 U.S.C. § 19321

Special hiring authority for scientific, engineering, and project management personnel

United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective

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42 U.S.C. § 19321, Special hiring authority for scientific, engineering, and project management personnel, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/485016
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The Under Secretary for Science shall have the authority to— pay any employee appointed under this section payments in addition to basic pay, except that the total amount of additional payments paid to an employee under this subsection for any 12-month period shall not exceed the lesser of the following amounts: The term of any employee appointed under this section shall not exceed 3 years unless otherwise authorized in law. The Under Secretary for Science shall have the authority to terminate any employee appointed under this section at any time based on performance or changing project or research needs of the Department.

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